Why extra credit has become fairer at the University of Minnesota
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Tina Falkner, director of compliance and continuity at the University of Minnesota, tells the Minnesota Daily why faculty are more consistent these days determining when to reward students with extra credit:
“We had heard from students that extra credit was being inconsistently offered. It was being offered to those who asked for it, but other students didn’t even know they could.”
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