University Policies

[TotalLossBS]

TN

Are there any policies to protect university students from being graded on a professors opinion?

 

[Veronica1228]

TN

Are there any policies to protect university students from being graded on a professors opinion?

You'd have to check with your school to see what their policies are. Most colleges and universities do have some kind of procedure to follow when a student objects to their grade. You can probably talk to the head of your professor's department or a Dean.

With the exception of Math, most teacher's grades are based on their own opinions. It's their class, their rules.

 

[dallas702]

Surely you jest!

What do you think the criteria is for every subjective question/response tool used in education? Facts are facts, and those can be challenged if a prof tells you "black is white". Math is pretty much right or wrong, except where the methodology for gaining a solution is what is being judged. Everything else is subjective: writing style, method of expression, method of analysis, results of analysis, methods of research or survey (and results), even historical events can be viewed in different ways.

Do you have a specific example to share with us? Have you been graded on a political topic in a manner that you feel bends facts to favor the prof's own ideological/political beliefs?