Students want “bailouts” from professors

Ellen Greenberger, a professor of psychology and social behaviour at the University of California-Irvine, conducted a survey of 400 university students between the ages of 18 and 25. Her findings were published in the November issue of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Among the findings, Professor Greenberger found that approximately one third of those students who were polled thought that they deserved a B on a course for merely showing up most of the time. And about two thirds of the students felt that their final grade should reflect the fact that the student was “trying”.