Sessional Professor Offers Students a B- to Stay Home

A University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) lecturer makes no excuses for offering students a 70 to not show up for his course. But the administration gives his deal a failing grade. David Weale said he made the offer because the class is too big and some students aren’t interested in being there. David Weale believes his class is too big. About 20 students–out of a class of nearly 100–took him up on it, he said. He teaches an introductory course on the history of Christianity. Weale, a retired professor who came back as a part-time sessional lecturer, said he […]