Submitted for your approval: all three students are in the same class (with different professors)--let's call it musicianship I. What would you do in these situations?
Do you just play by the numbers--they get what they got? Does the student's attitude play into the equation? Their work ethic? Any other factors? Discuss...
Student A has to earn a 100% on the midterm to end up with a 69% for the semester. She would need 70% to take the musicianship II class, but she's changing her major. A 69% could result in damage to her GPA, endangerment of her scholarships, etc. (anything below 70% is basically failing in a course in your major degree program here). Do you "comp" her the extra point, knowing that her deficiencies in this subject ultimately won't affect her in the future?
Student B has a 79% for the semester. He could presumably go on to musicianship II with no (official) problems. However; student B is transferring to another institution of comparable repute, where he will still be a music major. The transfer institution offered student B a good deal of scholarship money contingent upon the fact that student gets all A's and B's this semester. Student has already canceled housing, registration, etc. at TTU. Do you bump him up to a B, knowing that you a) won't have to deal with them again; and b) that you don't want to be the one to cost said student all this scholarship money and ruin the chances of him transferring.
Student C has a 69% for the class. Student C does not perform at a level that makes me comfortable advancing them to musicianship II. Student C is staying here at TTU, continuing on in the music major. Does student C receive different treatment than students A and B?
Do you just play by the numbers--they get what they got? Does the student's attitude play into the equation? Their work ethic? Any other factors? Discuss...