VIDEO: Colbert's I's on Edjukashun - Loyola, Texas Textbooks & Wal-Mart

[Ryan Goble]

Nice discussion fodder in this satirical whopper from the Colbert Report...

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[Marcia Alessi]

Ryan -- thanks for posting this hysterical clip .. I just want to go on the record, however, to state that when I graduated from Loyola Law School in 1987, grades were not inflated and so I'm sending my transcripts back for an update, who knows, maybe I can get a job where blogs and NIngs are not blocked, where I can yell back at parents and administrators, and still get the big bucks :)

Marcia

[Ryan Goble]

LOL :) Good idea on going back for fresh transcripts :)

[Marcia Alessi]

Hi, Ryan ..... found this response on my alum page from my favorite remedies prof, now dean, victor gold ... thought it deserved repeating :)


from: http://alumni.lls.edu/gradecurveresponse.html

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Response from Dean Victor Gold to segment on Colbert Report

(Originally published on July 7, 2010 on Above the Law)

The Colbert Report is a funny show, and last night was no exception. However, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles takes its grading standards seriously. And the humor of The Colbert Report’s “Law 101″ segment on the grade curve change at Loyola obscured the real reason behind it: Loyola’s old grade curve was among the lowest in the nation because many other schools had already raised their curves.

A campus study found that only one other ABA-accredited law school in California had a comparable curve. In effect, a B- at Loyola was a B or higher at almost all other law schools. So after many months of deliberation, Loyola’s faculty voted to change Loyola’s curve in order to level the playing field. Because we were acting years after many other schools, we made the grade change retroactive back to the class of 2007. Even now, our mean first-year grade is just a B, still lower than at many other law schools.

This change has no effect on grading standards at Loyola. Letter grades will still reflect the quality of a student’s work compared to his or her classmates. The main difference is that now Loyola’s grades will accurately reflect the quality of our students’ work compared to their peers at other schools.

As for Stephen Colbert, we’re considering inviting him to speak at Loyola’s 2011 commencement ceremony so he can see first-hand the quality of our students. Plus, we thought he might need an excuse to take “Law 101″ on the road.

Victor Gold
Fritz B. Burns Dean, Loyola Law School
Senior Vice President, Loyola Marymount University"

[Ryan Goble]

Thanks for the great follow up - nicely written - not reactionary at all.

Ryan:)

[Marcia Alessi]

Victor Gold is a class act ... nothing less ...