Grades: College of Education

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 12:28 AM

The College of Education offers the following undergraduate degrees: elementary education, special education, secondary education and early childhood education.

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Almost 70 percent of undergraduate grades distributed within the College of Education throughout the past semester were A’s. Another 21 percent were B’s.
Professor Diane Barone credited the high grades to the backgrounds of many professors who teach education courses.”

“Most of the professors in the college were K-12 teachers, so we become accustomed to wanting to see the students do well,” Barone said.

For this reason, professors may allow re-do’s or be more attentive if a student needs help, she said.

Associate Dean Vernon Luft also associated the high grades in the college with students’ commitment to its mission.

“In other colleges you have everyone taking those courses, and some are core courses that people are taking because they have to take them,” Luft said. “When you have to take something and it’s not in your area of interest, you may not do as well in it.”

One professor agreed and said grades are usually higher because the college doesn’t have core classes that any student can take.

“With our undergraduate students, they have to be admitted into a teacher education program to take classes, so we are looking at the cream of the crop anyway,” assistant professor Ann Bingham said.

Damian Tromerhauser can be reached at news@nevadasagebrush.com.