It’s not uncommon for students to run into issues with their professors. While most professors are supportive of students and invested in their learning, students frequently encounter at least one ...

As often happens with attention-grabbing issues in higher education, much of the conversation about grade inflation is focused on the most-selective colleges. But Peter Burkholder, a professor of ...

We’ve all been there: You get an assignment returned (or see it posted online), and the number absolutely shocks you — and not in a good way. It’s an awful feeling. Ideally, you’ll have a pretty good ...

Most professors do not think the repeal of the grade deflation policy will have a marked effect on their grading, according to close to 50 interviews conducted by The Daily Princetonian in the days ...

A recent Kaplan Test Prep survey showed that almost half of college students use Web sites like RateMyProfessors.com to select classes that are rated as easy, which may be a factor in grade inflation ...

Grade inflation has got to stop — but so do the professors who try to reverse it single-handedly. Don't get me wrong: I'm not advocating that professors should give students grades they don't deserve.

Emir J. Phillips is an associate professor of finance at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. His lawsuit against the ...

As one semester approaches its close, university students and professors turn to the Rate My Professors website to prepare for the next. According to its website, “Rate My Professors is the largest ...

A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer ...

Sep. 20—A former associate dean has sued Southern New Hampshire University, saying she was "compelled to quit" in part for refusing to change the failing grades for two students in a math course she ...

I have no idea where Professor Y. disappears to for the other 51 weeks of the calendar year, I only know he parachutes in for one week to assign his midseason letter grades for each of the metro ...