Our son, who now has his PhD in blowing sand and dirt, was not a standout English student in his undergraduate days. He was given a D in freshman English by a professor who was apprehended (later convicted) as a chainsaw murderer, soon after the close of the semester in which our son was his student. The son, being enterprising in ways other than English, applied to the department to have his grade quashed on the grounds of his teacher's spectacular fall from grace. His appeal was found to be without merit on the grounds that chainsaw murdering has nothing to do with proficiency in judging English skills. There are still some sacred things, one of which is a professor's grade.
Jim Wilson
For the most part, I believe this to be the case in the universities with which I have been associated.
From Ann.
Actually, if it is an expensive private school, and if the parents (who pay the bills) complain to the Dean, and if the Dean is a craven marshmallow, the grades may be changed.
ReplyDeletePublic schools and deans with spines, not so much.
IT, my associations have been with state universities and (through Grandpère) with a small Jesuit college. Grade changes did not happen.
ReplyDeleteI can't address the policies at the expensive private schools. Bush anyone?