Over the past two years Thoma has observed a surprising uptick in the number of students who e-mail her at the end of the semester, asking if she'd reconsider the grade she awarded them "because they worked so hard. "Thoma estimates she received 20 such e-mails this spring out of some 850 students. The phenomenon is not a local one. The topic of grade disputes and the mind-set of today's students became a hot-button issue on campuses across the country this past winter after the New York Times published an article headlined "Student expectations seen as causing grade disputes." Read more at:
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