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College men more likely to seek grade changes than college women

  • Written by Cher Li, Assistant Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
If you don't ask for a higher grade you won't get one.ONOKY-Eric Audras/Getty Images

Professor, my final grade in your class is a C. Is there anything I can do to get a B-minus?

In my job as a college professor, I typically got one or two such requests from male students at the end of each semester. However, only one female student...

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