Particle.news
Download on the App Store
22 ARTICLES
·
last wk.

University of Oklahoma Graduate Instructor Removed After Review Finds Arbitrary Grading

Officials deemed the grading arbitrary, withholding the discrimination probe’s findings.

FILE - People walk on the Oval at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
A sign on the campus of Oklahoma University on December 01, 2024 in Norman, Oklahoma.
A general view the University of Oklahoma campus on September 30, 2023 in Norman, Oklahoma.
NORMAN, OK- MARCH 11: Students walk on campus between clases at the University of Oklahoma on March 11, 2015 in Norman, Oklahoma. Video showing Sigma Alpha Epsilon members singing a racist chant while traveling on a tour bus went viral after being uploaded to the internet. SAE's national chapter has since suspended the students involved and the University of Oklahoma President David Boren has terminated the fraternity's affiliation with the school. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)

Overview

  • The university said the graduate teaching assistant will no longer have instructional duties following an internal review of the psychology assignment.
  • Student Samantha Fulnecky received a zero on a 650-word reaction paper that cited the Bible and described multiple genders as “demonic.”
  • Her grade appeal was upheld and the assignment was removed from her course total, which the university said caused no academic harm.
  • The instructor, identified by outlets as Mel Curth, denies arbitrary grading and is considering an appeal or other legal remedies, according to her attorney.
  • The dispute drew protests and statewide attention, and a second instructor was placed on leave after reportedly offering excused absences to attend a pro-Curth protest.