Penn State professor suing university for grade inflation

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Who didn't know that this was going on? I can think of a few that would deny it regardless.


"Zack De Piero is suing Pennsylvania State University over claims he and other white staff were racially discriminated against

By Susie Coen, US Correspondent, in New York 27 June 2023 • 9:59pm (Telegraph.)

Zack De Piero criticised a 'continuous stream of racial insult directed at white faculty'

A former Pennsylvania State University English professor has claimed he was told to inflate the grades of certain minorities.

Zack De Piero, 40, who worked as an assistant teaching professor at Penn State-Abington from 2018 to 2022, has alleged he was forced to grade hispanic and black students differently and was told how a staff member grades its students determines whether they are racist.

Mr De Piero is suing the university, several faculty members and the 30 members of the board of trustees over claims he and other white staff were racially discriminated against.

The lawsuit, filed on June 14 with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleges that “Penn State pressured De Piero to ensure consistent grades for students across ‘colour line(s)’, otherwise his actions would demonstrate racism and he would be condemned as a racist”.

It said the university’s “bigotry manifests itself in low expectations”, adding: “They do not expect black or hispanic students to achieve the same mastery of academic subject matters as other students and therefore insist that deficient performance must be excused.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...state-university-black-hispanic-grade-claims/

 

[anonymoose]

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Who didn't know that this was going on? I can think of a few that would deny it regardless.


"Zack De Piero is suing Pennsylvania State University over claims he and other white staff were racially discriminated against

By Susie Coen, US Correspondent, in New York 27 June 2023 • 9:59pm (Telegraph.)

Zack De Piero criticised a 'continuous stream of racial insult directed at white faculty'

A former Pennsylvania State University English professor has claimed he was told to inflate the grades of certain minorities.

Zack De Piero, 40, who worked as an assistant teaching professor at Penn State-Abington from 2018 to 2022, has alleged he was forced to grade hispanic and black students differently and was told how a staff member grades its students determines whether they are racist.

Mr De Piero is suing the university, several faculty members and the 30 members of the board of trustees over claims he and other white staff were racially discriminated against.

The lawsuit, filed on June 14 with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleges that “Penn State pressured De Piero to ensure consistent grades for students across ‘colour line(s)’, otherwise his actions would demonstrate racism and he would be condemned as a racist”.

It said the university’s “bigotry manifests itself in low expectations”, adding: “They do not expect black or hispanic students to achieve the same mastery of academic subject matters as other students and therefore insist that deficient performance must be excused.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...state-university-black-hispanic-grade-claims/

Nothing new here. My sister was fired from her teaching job in a high school because she flunked a star football player that never came to class, never turned in homework or even bothered to take tests.
She sued and won (sort of).

 

[T. A. Gardner]

This sort of thing is becoming common in academics. The schools--usually publicly funded--don't give a shit either as it doesn't affect anyone's pay or the school's budget. They pay off the plaintiff, usually in a generous settlement without admitting being wrong, and go on being the bunch of pseudo-intellectual racists, assholes, haters, and bigots they were before being sued.

It will only become a problem when these universities and schools are turning out such incompetent retards that they are getting people killed with their stupidity.

 

[Noking]

This sort of thing is becoming common in academics. The schools--usually publicly funded--don't give a shit either as it doesn't affect anyone's pay or the school's budget. They pay off the plaintiff, usually in a generous settlement without admitting being wrong, and go on being the bunch of pseudo-intellectual racists, assholes, haters, and bigots they were before being sued.

It will only become a problem when these universities and schools are turning out such incompetent retards that they are getting people killed with their stupidity.

That sounds like right wing extremist like Gym Jordan.

 

[Noking]

Nothing new here. My sister was fired from her teaching job in a high school because she flunked a star football player that never came to class, never turned in homework or even bothered to take tests.
She sued and won (sort of).

Good for her