Following are a few recommendations for newer faculty to help minimize the number of complaints from students. I would love to hear other ideas in the comments.<\/p>\n
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- \nEnsure clear grading guidelines are communicated in your syllabus in advance<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Direct the student to the appropriate pages of your syllabus where they can read more about yur grading policies<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Inform the student that you will not respond to future emails (or you wind up in a endless loop of back-and-forth)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Consider saving the first email you write of a response to a student, so you can copy\/paste it to other students who may have similar requests<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Let the student know where to direct concerns about the fairness or integrity of your grading (e.g. your Dean)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n
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When all else fails, a good belly laugh is in order… Just when I thought that I was the only professor who experienced this with such regularity, I came across this thread<\/a> from The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a>. This is worth a read, if nothing else… to ensure you keep your sense of humor about the whole thing. I was so surprised at the creativity of the professors and how well they capture so many of the students and the parents of today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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