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Thriving in Academe graphicGiving Good Grades

Is there any topic of discussion in higher education that creates more controversy than grades? For most students, grades are the crown jewels of their education, the ultimate measure of their success—or failure. But for faculty, the function of grading is not so clear. Do we use them simply to measure student progress, or are they really an integral part of the learning process?

The 2004 graduating class of the NEA Emerging Leader AcademyUnited Faculty of Florida picture The second graduating class of the NEA Higher Education Emerging Leader Academy celebrates a year of hard work during graduation festivities at the 2004 NEA Higher Education Conference. Twenty-seven faculty and staff from 18 states and the District of Columbia took part in training sessions for future NEA leaders that began in June 2003.

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