Tоpic C: Acаdemic EthicsQuestiоn 1:Reаd the scenаriо below carefully. Apply course concepts about grading, extra credit, college functions, and fairness to analyze the situation. Your response should identify relevant ethical issues, explain which arguments from the course material apply, and recommend a course of action with justification. If you're unsure about a concept, explain your reasoning as best you can. Partial credit is available for thoughtful attempts. (400-500 words)Professor Rodriguez chairs the department reviewing grading policies. Data shows that average GPAs in the department have risen from 2.8 to 3.4 over the past decade, with increased use of extra credit being a major factor. Employers and graduate schools have started questioning the value of the department's degrees. Some faculty argue that the higher grades reflect better teaching and more opportunities for learning; others argue this represents credential inflation that harms their best students. The department must decide whether to restrict or eliminate extra credit policies.Your task: Should the department restrict extra credit use? Apply course concepts about grade inflation, the sorting function of college, and how changes to grading policies affect different stakeholders (current students, past graduates, employers, society).Question 2:Instructions: Choose ONE of the following prompts. Take a clear position, construct your best argument for that position, anticipate the strongest objection someone could raise, and respond to that objection. Then consider whether there's a remaining weakness in your position and address it. If you're unsure about a concept, explain your reasoning as best you can. Partial credit is available for thoughtful attempts. (400-500 words)Option A: The Priority QuestionPrompt: From society's perspective (not just as a student or future employee), should colleges prioritize their sorting function (identifying and certifying capable students) or their educating function (developing student abilities)? Take a position and defend it. Then anticipate and respond to the strongest objection to your view.Option B: The Effort vs. Achievement DebatePrompt: Should grades primarily reflect student effort or student achievement? Take a position and construct an argument that goes beyond "both matter" to identify which should be prioritized when they conflict. Anticipate the strongest objection to your position and respond to it.Option C: The Fairness StandardPrompt: Consider this claim: "Extra credit is unfair to high-achieving students because it diminishes the value of their accomplishments—it's a form of 'theft of credit.'" Do you agree with this characterization? Take a position, defend it with argument, anticipate a strong objection, and respond.Option D: The Credential Inflation Trade-offPrompt: Some argue that being generous with grades (through extra credit, curving, etc.) helps current students but harms past graduates and future students by making degrees less valuable. Others argue this concern is overblown and that we should prioritize helping students currently in our classes. Which consideration should matter more to professors when setting grading policies? Take a position, defend it, anticipate an objection, and respond.Your AnswerQuestion 1: The department should restrict extra credit use because of three main arguments that go against equal opportunity, the Equity argument. As you know, typically the high A students are characterized as the students who go above and beyond to earn such a high grade. They dedicate their time and effort not only to complete their tasks but to make the task stand out. The students who receive B's are also dedicated students but they might lack some knowledge skills, but that doesn't stop them from completing their assignments to the best of their abilities. These students that I have listed are the students who are mainly harmed from extra credit use. If a student who receives C's, D's or even F's complete the extra credit, their grade will be just as high as the "A and B" students who worked extremely hard for those grades. This argument is called the "grade inflation" argument. This situation weakens the sorting function system where students are sorted in specific ranks/grades of how well they understand the material in which they are being graded in. A scenario that will help better explain this argument is if a Lamar alumni student who received a masters degree with a 4.0+ GPA applied for a job and the hiring department was extremely impressed with their credentials that they decide to award them an interview. The alumni arrived for the interview and left the hiring department distraught with their lack of knowledge skills and social skills; they couldn't believe someone with those credentials could be so terrible so they immediately let them go and took note of the University they studied in. Then the next day another Lamar alumni student applies for that same job with the same exact credentials and the hiring department noticed the same university so they were a bit uneasy about allowing them an interview but in the end decided to give them an interview. The alumni arrives and leaves the same impression on the hiring department and the hiring department decides to never allow any Lamar alumni students any opportunity to work with them. This "grade inflation" mainly harmed three things. The alumni who don't deserve the credentials, the alumni who do deserve the credentials, and the University's name. The alumni who used extra credit to receive inflated grades are given false hope for a bright future. Company's will not hire people who don't seem fit for the job, specifically if you don't fully understand the entirety of what you're getting into, so the alumni who are not competent for these jobs will be affected if they have no stable source of income from a job. The alumni who received their master degrees and high GPA without the use of extra credit will find it extremely difficult to find a job who will accept Lamar University's credibility since all students who attend Lamar will graduate with a high GPA. The University's name will be known as the university who passes all students as long as they pay their tuition. This basically means Lamar students are paying for a degree and high grades instead of the knowledge that plays a main part in getting a job in the real world.Prompt: Consider this claim: "Extra credit is unfair to high-achieving students because it diminishes the value of their accomplishments—it's a form of 'theft of credit.'" Do you agree with this characterization? Take a position, defend it with argument, anticipate a strong objection, and respond.Prompt C: I believe in the characterization of extra credit being a form of theft. The equity argument is about all students receiving equal opportunity
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