Polling for an Educated Citizenry

By ROBERT CAVALIER and MICHAEL BRIDGES

Two years ago, when a student at Carnegie Mellon University became concerned about perceived grading bias, he proposed an amendment to the university's student-rights policy. Drawn from David Horowitz's "academic bill of rights," the proposal included assertion of a student's right to have his or her "work evaluated based on the stated course and program criteria and appropriate knowledge of the subjects and disciplines they study, as outlined by the relevant faculty."

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