A breach of contract is not legally actionable unless the breach caused an injury. I don't think the students could show this if their grade improved, which would be the case with the lowest grade being thrown out. For the same reason I don't see an ethical problem either.
Keith Maxwell (TIPS Lurker) ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Keith A. Maxwell Nat S. and Marian W. Rogers Professor Professor of Legal Studies and Ethics School of Business and Leadership University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA 98416 Office Phone: 253.879.3703 www.ups.edu/faculty/maxwell/home.htm ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo -----Original Message----- From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:27 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Say it now or wait? At 2:16 PM -0400 9/20/05, michael sylvester wrote: > I have plans to drop the lowest score of students for one of my >classes.But I do no want to tell them now.I will wait till >after the last exam to tell them. >Comments unvited. I hope that you have a good lawyer. In most schools your Syllabus has the status of a contract between you and the student. -- * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
