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The dean's list, part 3
ACTA continues to recognize and commend those institutions taking action to protect the free exchange of ideas on campus--and to urge others to follow in their footsteps. Among other actions, we recommend that colleges and universities review and amend student grievance policies to ensure that students are graded only on the basis of their academic performance, rather than on differences of opinion. One institution to take such a step was Oklahoma State University, whose provost wrote to us about how OSU has strengthened its dispute resolution processes for students and faculty. In particular, the relevant policy states that the "grading system can be subjective but not arbitrary, capricious, or personally biased." OSU also adopted an academic integrity policy that places intellectual freedom as one of "the values of honesty and responsibility that preserve our academic community." This is an example trustees and administrators at other institutions should emulate.
Posted by Sandra E. Czelusniak on July 07, 2009 at July 7, 2009 12:36 PM
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