The triangle biz is ridiculous, of course, but so is stating that “only select students” have 10% of their grade based on effort. Whatever his intent, he is using a different rubric for different students, and actually stating it in his syllabus. Ridiculous, amateurish, and asking for trouble.
Seidemann seems a little too quick to blame Title IX, rather than overly sensitive students, or cautious administrators. Or himself.
My comment was solely on the iconography of his syllabus. Without any exception I can think of at the moment, different evaluation standards are for different courses. The tougher question is how precise, “objective” such standards should be. It’s often a brave thing to arrange, but I think sometimes lots of discretion is warranted. For example, in a clinical law or medical course, client orpatient skills are hard to do simply by checklist. The abuse of discretion vs those of simplistic objective standards poses a constant dilemma.
October 16th, 2016 at 9:19AM
Pythagoras, Khufu
Who knew?
October 16th, 2016 at 9:31AM
Learn something new every day.
October 16th, 2016 at 10:23AM
The triangle biz is ridiculous, of course, but so is stating that “only select students” have 10% of their grade based on effort. Whatever his intent, he is using a different rubric for different students, and actually stating it in his syllabus. Ridiculous, amateurish, and asking for trouble.
Seidemann seems a little too quick to blame Title IX, rather than overly sensitive students, or cautious administrators. Or himself.
October 16th, 2016 at 11:16AM
My comment was solely on the iconography of his syllabus. Without any exception I can think of at the moment, different evaluation standards are for different courses. The tougher question is how precise, “objective” such standards should be. It’s often a brave thing to arrange, but I think sometimes lots of discretion is warranted. For example, in a clinical law or medical course, client orpatient skills are hard to do simply by checklist. The abuse of discretion vs those of simplistic objective standards poses a constant dilemma.
October 16th, 2016 at 11:28AM
Anon: Agreed.