February 10, 2006

Drop the Course, Win a B-

By KAREN BIRCHARD

The University of Prince Edward Island, in Canada, has suspended a popular history professor who offered students a passing grade to drop his course.

David Weale, who retired last year after 30 years of teaching, returned to the campus this semester to teach a third-year elective course in the history of Christianity. Students say his reputation for entertaining lectures ensured a rush for places in any course he taught, and this one was no exception. Mr. Weale, however, felt that 95

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