At the end of the semester, I calculate each of my students’ final grades. Soon, prospective employers or admissions officers will consult these grades in deciding whether to offer my students opportunities. Transcript readers presumably interpret grades as evidence of students’ academic proficiency. Yet we as professors have a huge degree of discretion in designing […]
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