A recent article in the NYT showed that an eminent professor of organic chemistry was let go because students signed a petition that his class was too hard and they were not getting the grades they needed to get into medical school. Think I am oversimplifying? Maybe, but read the article for yourself. If you cannot access it with the link, email me at jmerola@vt.edu for a copy of the article.
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