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Submission + - University of Oklahoma removes instructor after grading dispute on gender essay (nbcnews.com)

SchroedingersCat writes: Oklahoma instructor who gave student a zero on gender essay barred from teaching duties.

The assignment asked students to write a 650-word "reaction paper" to a scholarly article about gender expectations in society. The student wrote in her essay that the scholarly article bothered her, and she described how God created men and women differently. The instructor, who is transgender, gave the student a failing grade because her “paper ... does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive”. The student appealed the grade and filed a claim of religious discrimination.

The school released a statement on Monday: "Based on an examination of the graduate teaching assistant’s prior grading standards and patterns, as well as the graduate teaching assistant’s own statements related to this matter, it was determined that the graduate teaching assistant was arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper. The graduate teaching assistant will no longer have instructional duties at the University."

Comment Re:Christ in a chicken basket. (Score 2) 63

There is no shortage of examples of such abuse. The enforcement has been lax and Labor Certification approvals were largely a rubber stamp. In the end, it puts foreign workers into precarious positions when labor market deteriorates or enforcement action like above happens.

The balance of immigrant vs US-based workers would be nice but that balance was upset a long time ago. H1B lottery is one example. How can the lottery decide who qualifies for the job? Why temporary workers? If these workers are so special, why not apply straight for EB or similar visa? Because it is faster and easier for employers without regard what happens to these workers after?

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