HBCU Professor Was Fired
Channel: Herzog Foundation
Date: 2024-01-25

A former economics professor at Atlanta’s Spelman College alleges he was fired after he refused to inflate grades in an econometrics class.
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Spelman, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) acclaimed for its rigorous academic standards, asked professor Kendrick Morales to artificially inflate grades after several students complained about the difficulty of the course.
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The college then violated its policy of leaving the grading to professors when it changed grades after he refused the grade inflation scheme, he said.
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Notably, Morales had already “scaled up” the grades because the class did poorly in a midterm. Read the full story here: https://readlion.com/atlanta-professor-allegedly-fired-for-refusing-to-inflate-grades-at-a-hbcu/