At 11:39 AM -0700 9/20/05, Keith Maxwell wrote:
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)
The 'injury' would occur if the change in grading basis affected
students unequally, particularly if grading were based on a normal
distribution.
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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
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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.
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