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Written by cougster1
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
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For the most part we have not found professors being late turning in grades a problem. There was one prof who waited 'till the end of the semester to turn in a mid term grade which lead to some headaches and almost a lost job for one us, but that story for another time. For those of you who think have had profs turn in grads late might find the approach of Florida State University interesting. There they fine a prof $10 for every grade turned in late. For a large lecture course that could really add up.
From insidehighered.com:
The next year, when Barber says the provost, Lawrence G. Abele, was frustrated about the faculty’s reaction to something else, Florida State’s registrar at the time told him that professors were still consistently turning their grades in late. Together the registrar and Abele came up with an idea that they thought might drive home the seriousness of the late grade syndrome.
As Barber explained to a somewhat incredulous audience Wednesday: Florida State is what she believes to be the only institution in the country that fines its professors when they turn grades in late at semester’s end. The tab: $10 per grade.
“We charge for every grade for every student that is not turned in by our deadline,” Barber said, adding, slowly for emphasis: “I’ll say that again: Every grade for every student that is not turned in by our deadline.”
Read the whole article here
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