Sounds to me like a college that should be removed from the list of institutions approved to hire from.

flashguy

I want an A++++++++ with bonus points for doing half of the homework assignment.

The professor has now made the class worthless. If students don't have to learn and test on the material, then why attend? Why care?

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by Blackmore:
Nothing new.

Come on. Yes, it is new. It's symptomatic of the insanity going on on college campuses in this country, so don't try to trivialize this by comparing it to colleges a half century ago. Colleges back then were NOTHING like they are today.

hell, college wasn't like this a decade ago when I (briefly) went.

Nothing is as it was a decade ago. And most of the changes are not improvements.

flashguy

as several noted, the "stress policy" is no longer at the link.

you will see:

"MIST4550/6550
Energy Informatics

Revised
August 8, 2017"

Today's revision removed the "stress policy".

This has been getting a lot of internet attention.

from a web cache:





https://www.gineersnow.com/stu...udents-choose-grades

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Jesus Harold Christ on a rubber crutch.

I always wondered what the 'H' stood for.

Nobody is certain. Most point to the Greek 3 letter abbreviation for Christ that has a H in the center.
Mark Twain is often associated with the "H." His 1910 autobiology states it dates from 1850 and was considered old then. The most challenging moment n story is that Twain was working as a printer. Time was short so "Jesus Christ" becam "JC." The ditto caught it. Told to never shorted Christ name and redo it. Irked Twain added the "H."
My favorite is that Twain had set "Jesus Christ" and the editor demanded that the full name of pmrntioned in the paper be used. Twain then added the "H."

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jesus_H._Christ
http://boards.straightdope.com...dex.php/t-99448.html

Insanity. And its insanity you get to experience only after you pay for it.

A Participation A for everyone.
If this whole thing distresses me what then?

rwatson@terry.uga.edu

I just emailed that leftist fool, although he may not get it. Depends upon how tolerant that email filter is of profanity.

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Originally posted by YellowJacket:
How many points does a 3-pt basket count for?

UGA: The Cesspool of the South

I remember that little incident.

*giggle*

Go Jackets.

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Originally posted by Icabod:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Jesus Harold Christ on a rubber crutch.

I always wondered what the 'H' stood for.

Nobody is certain. Most point to the Greek 3 letter abbreviation for Christ that has a H in the center.
Mark Twain is often associated with the "H." His 1910 autobiology states it dates from 1850 and was considered old then. The most challenging moment n story is that Twain was working as a printer. Time was short so "Jesus Christ" becam "JC." The ditto caught it. Told to never shorted Christ name and redo it. Irked Twain added the "H."
My favorite is that Twain had set "Jesus Christ" and the editor demanded that the full name of pmrntioned in the paper be used. Twain then added the "H."

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jesus_H._Christ
http://boards.straightdope.com...dex.php/t-99448.html

I thought it stood for 'Hallmark', because He cared enough to send the very best.

Designed for the UGa athletes?

Was this a prank? I clicked on the link provided and didn't find anything about "stress reduction" and self-grading. Maybe the course description was hacked and has since been removed?

Edit: nevermind, I just saw the updates posted above.

http://onlineathens.com/local-...nts-grade-themselves

UGA says no to prof’s plan to let students grade themselves

University of Georgia students hoping to grade themselves in a business course won’t get to do so after all.


University officials forced the professor of the class to remove his “stress reduction policy” from his web page.

Rick Watson, the Terry College of Business’ J. Rex Fuqua Distinguished Chair for Internet Strategy, promised in the policy that students could grade themselves if they found tests or other aspects of the fall semester courses unduly stressful. Students also could also drop out of group work if they found that too stressful.

The policy was widely ridiculed as it exploded across social media and news sites Monday after reporter Andrew Gockowski featured it in an article on the Campus Reform website.

Articles appeared under headlines such as “University of Georgia Allows Students to Choose Their Own Grades” and “College Appeases Entitled Students with ‘Stress Policy’ Regarding Grades.” The stories also attracted ridicule from online commenters.

Watson’s policy also told students that all tests and exams would be open book and open notes, including material they could find on laptop computers, and that all exams will be designed to be completed in half the allotted time for most students.

In addition, tests and exams would be “designed to allow low level mastery of the course material,” according to the policy.

But it’s not going to happen, according to the dean of UGA’s Terry College of Business.

“Rest assured that this ill-advised proposal will not be implemented in any Terry classroom,” wrote Dean Benjamin Ayers.

Here is the full text of Ayers’ statement, released by the university Tuesday.

“A recent online report published a syllabus that a Terry College of Business professor had placed on his website. The syllabus stated that his grading policy would allow students inappropriate input into the assignment of their own grades. I want you to know that the syllabus did not conform with the University’s rigorous expectations and policy regarding academic standards for grading. I have explained this discrepancy to the professor, and he has removed the statement from his syllabus. Rest assured that this ill-advised proposal will not be implemented in any Terry classroom.”

Watson has taught at UGA since 1989 and is recognized as a leading scholar in database management, information systems and environmentally sustainable development.

He also started the Global Text Project, which gives students, especially in developing countries, access to dozens of open source free textbooks.

The University of Georgia is a very good institution. While I'm sure it suffers from a fair share of liberal lunacy, I did not expect Mr. Watson's policy to be sanctioned by the University. Yesterday I personally made a phone call to SACS, the regional accrediting organization, to make sure that they were aware of this nonsense. I am happy to see the response from Dean of the College of Business.

Obviously, Mr Kingsfield wouldn't be suitable in the environment today.

Mr Hart Here's a Dime.

Yes, the policy will still happen, no matter what the dean says. All this idiot needed to do is not publish the policy, but announce it verbally on the first day of class. He still has the power to give out the grades.

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
Yes, the policy will still happen, no matter what the dean says.

And of course, you know this to an absolute certainty, because you know the dean of this school so well. You know him so well that you know he is not the kind of man to ensure that his directives are complied with. No administrator would possibly follow up on such a thing, right? I mean, it's not like the dean's mailbox blew up and he had to disconnect his phone for the day. He's not concerned about other school administrators at other schools who have become sacrificial lambs in the wake of nonsense such as this.

Sleeps like a baby, he does. Right?

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Originally posted by MRMATT:
"Low level" mastery? How do you master anything at a low level?

Party continuously, skip lectures and copy your friend's problem sets.

My wife Profs and now they have to tap dance around students such that your job depends upon feedback by students. Students can now complain about their grades all the way up the Univ. chain of command.