Effort-Based Grading at Benedict College

(Columbia, South Carolina) A new policy has been instituted at Benedict College which specifies that 60% of the grades for new students shall be based on effort and only 40% shall be based on academic achievement. This means that a passing grade can be awarded to someone who learned essentially nothing but tried real hard. Some faculty members have objected and two professors have been fired over the new policy.

Since it is already commonplace to teach remedial high school courses to entering freshman and now there will be no academic progress required of college students, it's unclear how Benedict College can maintain their accreditation. The school is trending toward being nothing more than an expensive diploma mill. Jeff Quinton has more at the Backcountry Conservative.