The question of grade inflation, and the conflict that often results, is nothing new to those who work in higher education (at least in the United States). A New York Times article discusses some possible reasons for why students expect such high grades: www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/education/18college.html.
Monthly Archive for February, 2009
Papers from the first World Universities Forum were published in Volume 1 of the Journal of the World Universities Forum. These include:
The University and Sustainability: New Directions in Science, Technology and Culture by Arthur B. Sacks
Resource and Policy as Determinants of Access to University Education in Nigeria by Anne Ibidun Fabiyi and Simeon Adebayo Oladipo.
The New Muslim Thinkers: The Sacred, the Secular, and the “In-betweens” by Souad Halila