1st Edition
The Harms of Grading in Higher Education Comparative Institutional Ethnographies of University Assessment Cultures
By Dan Melzer
Copyright 2026
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the impacts of grading in higher education through comparative institutional ethnographies of two universities with radically different approaches to assessment.
The Harms of Grading reports the results of institutional ethnographies at University of the Bay, which has an assessment culture that emphasizes harsh grading and difficult exams, and Forest College, which does... Read more
Chapter 1: Students’ Standpoints on Grading Chapter 2: GPA is Life at University of the Bay Chapter 3: Rethinking Grading at University of the Bay Chapter 4: Deep Reflection at Forest College Chapter 5: Dismantling the Grade Frame
Index
Biography
Dan Melzer is a Professor in the University Writing Program, University of California, Davis.
