/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15925908

It's a junior college. The dean exists to accept complaints from students and be student HR. They protect the school from lawsuits when students are kicked out for poor grades, not paying, smoking weed on campus or bipping cars. The dean isn't there to babysit students' problems with their professors unless it involves their race, gender, or sexuality. The dean legit doesn't care if students fail because the exam is stupid, especially with a large amount of the professors grade on a bell curve anyway to cap off the amount of students going into the higher courses. This is extremely common at the state schools where I live, they get so many applicants the school wouldn't be able to handle 10,000+ advanced math students in a single semester so they automatically cut off the lowest 50% based on the average final grade. Over three semesters this reduces the class size by 75%. The state has been sued over this and the courts say it's okay. No refunds even if the student otherwise had a passing score and retaking the class means another $5,000 on general pre-registration tuition. I personally know people who have had to blow an extra $10-15,000 retaking classes just to up their C+ to a B so they can be in the upper half and advance to the next level.

Which, obviously, is why so many people choose junior colleges now because tuition is only $100ish and $45 per unit/credit and not $5,000 base plus $450 per credit. But there's no higher division courses.

Does /sci/ like Bellcurve grading?

Do most of your physics teacher grade on a curve?