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So Chem majors have their grades adjusted according, in part, to the the grades of Ed majors? I don't believe that is an improvement. I rather see that likely
by jimhefferon 6y ago
So Chem majors have their grades adjusted according, in part, to the the grades of Ed majors? I don't believe that is an improvement. I rather see that likely to result in grades shooting up as majors seek to beat the curve.
And if we adjust Chem majors according to the grades of Chem majors then small majors, with a high standard deviation, would have greatly different adjustments from year to year (and at my school there are many majors where the numbers of grads in a year is less than 10).
- kanobo 6y agoI think you're right in that it wouldn't be as meaningful for a school with departments with only 10 grads, but I think it's unlikely that a department's chair and faculty would care or even consider to mandate their grading to be curved in an effort to raise their student's GPA to compete with other departments. A difficult major is expected to have a lower average GPA than an easy major in any school, that's why latin honor thresholds are different for each department and different majors don't get considered for the same jobs purely on GPA.
- jimhefferon 6y agoNo offense, but I can see that you don't work in a college or university, or for that matter have experience with Gresham's Law.
- kanobo 6y agoNo offense taken, but I'm honestly an Associate Professor at a major research university. But no worries, I respect your viewpoint.
- jimhefferon 6y agoAh, I see. Give it a few years, then.