At the University of Minnesota, English Professor Daniel Philippon ran a program to artificially improve the grades of Chinese students.
Nearly all of the questionable English papers handed in by Chinese students — most from Wuhan — would have received a “D” or a “C” if it were a comparable American.
Instead, nutty Philippon issued guidance to graduate PhD students that he would immediately discipline teaching assistants who did not provide the “adjusted” grades to foreign undergraduate students.
Some education advocates politely call it “grade inflation.”
But critics brand it “grade fraud,” because rosy term paper grades may camouflage something far worse.
Now, others are calling it government grift used to steal tax dollars that fund profitable foreign exchange programs.
More scrutiny would expose Philippon’s scheme to funnel lavish funding to his department, experts say.
“If there’s a problem in the theft of Department of Education funds that’s being hidden by inflated course pass rates, it needs to be confronted by the chancellor,” said an anonymous graduate student.
