University of Oregon has received "notice of allegations" in regards to infractions in track and field...huh?

Wonderer of things wrote:

How does an adjunct end up changing a grade from F to B-? And how do people find out about it? If I'm working as an adjunct and a student fails my course then comes to me saying that it's going to affect her athletic eligibility and her graduation, I'd get the chair involved right away. Adjuncts can't rock the boat if they want to return to teach the next semester.

So did he offer some sort of makeup assignments for her to earn a higher grade? Did the chair, the dean, the AD just tell him to change her grade for no reason? The registrar has to have a policy that requires documentation of reasons for a grade change. And how does this get out anyway?

Did the adjunct offer the same to ALL other students in the class? What about the D Grade student? Shouldn't they now get A-?

Wonderer of things wrote:

How does an adjunct end up changing a grade from F to B-? And how do people find out about it? If I'm working as an adjunct and a student fails my course then comes to me saying that it's going to affect her athletic eligibility and her graduation, I'd get the chair involved right away. Adjuncts can't rock the boat if they want to return to teach the next semester.

So did he offer some sort of makeup assignments for her to earn a higher grade? Did the chair, the dean, the AD just tell him to change her grade for no reason? The registrar has to have a policy that requires documentation of reasons for a grade change. And how does this get out anyway?

Its pretty obvious, as you surmise, that this was not the adjunct's initiative, which is why its an NCAA infraction. Undoubtedly there was some pressure applied. But I agree with you, there regardless of the circumstances, FERPA regulations should apply. Just one more example of how screwed up the NCAA is. No offense to individuals involved, but I dislike that organization and feel its about as anti-"student athlete" as can be.

Ugly duckling wrote:

Wait until the allegations of recruiting off others roster comes out. Cheaters gonna cheat.

+1. A close friend of mine was recruited by them while competing for our school (albeit very discretely).

Wonderer of things wrote:

How does an adjunct end up changing a grade from F to B-? And how do people find out about it? If I'm working as an adjunct and a student fails my course then comes to me saying that it's going to affect her athletic eligibility and her graduation, I'd get the chair involved right away. Adjuncts can't rock the boat if they want to return to teach the next semester.

So did he offer some sort of makeup assignments for her to earn a higher grade? Did the chair, the dean, the AD just tell him to change her grade for no reason? The registrar has to have a policy that requires documentation of reasons for a grade change. I And how does this get out anyway?

This isn’t difficult. Todd did not have assignments completed at the end of term. Received an F.

Completed assignments per arrangement with instructor. Grade changed.

Athlete grade change affecting eligibility flagged by compliance. O self reports. Issue drags on for 6 weeks before NCAA rules at regionals.

Sanctions are for failure to comply with established procedures

So the arrangement with the instructor was something along the lines of, "you don't have turn your assignments in by the end of the term like everyone else. get them to me when it's convenient with your schedule." Sincere question: how often does that happen with students? I haven't been to college in about 20 years so I don't know how it works anymore.

Not a Mensa wrote:

This isn’t difficult. Todd did not have assignments completed at the end of term. Received an F.

Completed assignments per arrangement with instructor. Grade changed.

Athlete grade change affecting eligibility flagged by compliance. O self reports. Issue drags on for 6 weeks before NCAA rules at regionals.

Sanctions are for failure to comply with established procedures

It's the white kids who should feel awkward.

They self reported. Will get very little punishment......if any.

If it was a case of not having work in on time but having an agreement with the professor, why wouldn't the professor have entered the grade as incomplete (common in almost all US universities) and then changed the grade through the proper channels after the work was received.

An "F" doesn't indicate a late submission with a previous agreement. An "F" means you failed to meet the class requirements. If you have an extension for an assignment your grade is incomplete. Vastly different concepts. Changing an "F" to a "B-" is miles away from changing a grade for a late paper with an agreed extension (Incomplete -> B-).

This thread is ostensibly a notice about an alleged notice of allegations, full of notices and allegations. The school is being put on notice regardless, but noticers, know this: loose talk costs lives. Although, all’s fair in love and in war. Steady and sure.

Not a Mensa wrote:

This isn’t difficult. Todd did not have assignments completed at the end of term. Received an F.

Completed assignments per arrangement with instructor. Grade changed.

Nothing at all like UNC's academic fraud... Except where the athlete magically passes classes. I'm sure if wholesale academic fraud exists in other universities with D1 ballsports programs, it's just a couple of overzealous administrators doing it in secret. Like UNC.

Think about all the academic fraud and all those kids leaving an athletic program with little more than a high school education. Yeah, but, that's not happening.

There was more than one class accounted for during this time period. One Professor actually put down an “I” and was able to change the grade properly. Since the professor for Scientific Racisim didn’t put “I” and instead put the grade as an “F” when the professor changed the grade it flagged notice. Why Todd left Oregon was not because of the incedent itself. It was because of how it was handled by the University. The class was being taken as an online elective course.

Gwalkerruns wrote:

They self reported. Will get very little punishment......if any.

Why schools self report is beyond me. Why not take the UNC route and deny everything and then threaten to sue. It worked for them to get out of 20+ years of systemic academic cheating.

When you self report you admit guilt and it opens up he whole can of worms.

Duck Chicken Sin(theta)

dum dums wrote:

Gwalkerruns wrote:

They self reported. Will get very little punishment......if any.

Why schools self report is beyond me. Why not take the UNC route and deny everything and then threaten to sue. It worked for them to get out of 20+ years of systemic academic cheating.

When you self report you admit guilt and it opens up he whole can of worms.

Run the risk of harming broadcast revenues, or, self-report for some meaningless sanction.

You choose.

The pendulum swings to and fro for all of us to see that color blindness is as blind as blind can be.