Comments on: Grade distribution still online despite concerns

By: cmuperson

cmuperson — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:59:58 +0000

“Chicken turds”–that’s mature.

Anyway, the profs aren’t asking to keep the info secret, just to not post it on the portal. The info has always been available at the library. If students are too lazy to go there and get it, that’s their problem. If SGA wants to make it easy to get it, then why don’t they put it on their own web site? The profs aren’t saying that the information should be hidden or burried, but just that putting it on the portal right on the same page that students use to look for classes sends the message that it’s OK to shop for courses based on who the easy graders are. The profs don’t think that’s a good message for CMU to send. They realize that students can get this info in other ways–they just don’t want it on the portal since that makes it look like CMU is encouraging people to shop for courses by who’s the easiest grader.

By: chipskeptic

chipskeptic — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:55:56 +0000

To which I say “SO WHAT”? Faculty in general act as if they are immune to all judgement and evaluation and that ANYTHING that brings transparency to the system and would reveal how they really conduct themselves is wrong. Well, grow up, all of us are judged on our performance every day. There are myriad reasons why a student selects a class. Grading is just one characteristic. Even if the chicken turds demand that the grade information be pulled off line, it is still available and everyone will still be using RateMyProfessor to make these decisions…as they certainly do now.

By: clarendon

clarendon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:44:14 +0000

Also, faculty members were not consulted about this at all; the information was just posted.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:56:41 +0000

cmu junior, the students might choose a different instructor based on how many A’s they give, hoping to get a better grade in the course.

By: cmu junior

cmu junior — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:54:22 +0000

Can anyone explain to me the department chairs’ arguement for having the grade distributions removed? What harm is it doing? I’m just having a hard time understanding how having this information available to students is negative.