University of Michigan addresses "mental health crisis" by eliminating letter grades for freshmen
This story from the University of Michigan makes me think our universities are totally lost. The kids aren't alright, lets stop assigning them grades. That'll really boost their mental health and keep them. . .
This story from the University of Michigan makes me think our universities are totally lost. The kids aren't alright, lets stop assigning them grades. That'll really boost their mental health and keep them tethered to reality, won't it?Only a college administrator could come up with this plan. FromNewsMax:The University of Michigan will eliminate traditional letter grades for first-semester freshmen beginning in fall 2027, with the administration saying the move is intended to help address what it describes as a growing mental health crisis among college students, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Under the new pilot program, students in the university's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will receive 'pass' or 'no credit' on their transcripts during their first semester rather than conventional letter grades. Yep, pass or fail. For all freshmen classes. No meaningful feedback. No way to gauge how well you understand the material. In reality, this will likely be dumbed down so far as to ask the question, "Did you turn anything in, or not?"The university said the policy is designed to help freshmen 'acclimate to the demands of college and allow intrinsic motivations to guide personally meaningful academic journeys. 'Blah blah blah, we're a bunch of liberal pansies. I am begging you, read Jonathan Haidt. Read Abigail Shrier. Do a little bit of research into what is actually causing mental health problems in kids. The standards were already pretty laughably low at UM before all of this, according to studies into the grading at the school. At the same time, educators have increasingly raised concerns about grade inflation and whether traditional grades still provide a meaningful measure of student performance. At Michigan, a review by MLive found that 74. 1% of all undergraduate grades awarded in 2022 were A+, A, or A-. A decade earlier, those grades accounted for 57. 6% of undergraduate marks. You were already more likely to get an "A" than not!Not just more likely to pass, more likely to get the highest possible mark!But some people still got below an "A" so we have to eliminate all grades for them. Watch our latest video 👇Keep up with our latest videos — Subscribe to our YouTube channel!