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Oct 7, 2021 at 23:05	comment	added	farnsy		I have never been at a university that micromanaged grades. I do have to file some paperwork in order to actually fail a student and my guess is that they could appeal that, though I have never heard of it happening. However, to give a student a C based on subjective factors when they would have an A if their behavior was better is certainly permitted. There are many university classes where grades are mostly or totally subjective. Not mine, but they exist.
Oct 7, 2021 at 14:32	comment	added	Graham		@wimi It's pretty easy to make it objective - as farnsy says, all you need to do is give them notice in writing each time they do it. They would be entitled to challenge each of those warnings, and they would be entitled to challenge the verdict on their degree of unprofessionalism at the end of the course. Whether it's fair or unfair, there's a reviewable body of evidence which either side can use.
Oct 7, 2021 at 13:12	comment	added	wimi		So you can give a student a 0 with a perfect exam if you think the student was not "professional enough"? This can very easily be abused by instructors to give worse grades to people they "don't like", and it also removes any right the student has to a review of their grade, because there is no proof and no objective measure of "professionalism". I doubt that this system is allowed in many universities, and I hope it is not.
Oct 6, 2021 at 19:29	history	answered	farnsy	CC BY-SA 4.0