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Do you mean finish with a grade higher than an F??
Easy, don't give more than 13% F's for the original number of students who sign up for the course.
Of course that solution may cause some issues in the "academic integrity" portion of your brain . . .
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-----Original Message-----_______________________________________________
From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Marty Weiss
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:09 PM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Retention: tail wags dog
On Jul 20, 2011, at 5:30 PM, John Denker wrote:
On 07/20/2011 12:47 PM, trappe@physics.utexas.edu wrote:a
I recently received an "Instructor Responsibilities" list as part of
I think he means 87% of the students who started the class will finishteaching contract at a "For Profit" College.
I invite your comments on this particular item:
"You understand that 87% retention is the minimum student retention
expectation and will be included as part of your yearly evaluation."
Hmmm ... 87 percent of what?
it.
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