Forget distance learning. Just give every college student an automatic A

Jenny Davidson is a professor of English at Columbia University, where she will chair the policy and planning committee of the School of Arts and Sciences in 2020-21.

By
Jenny Davidson
March 24, 2020

At the very least, the coronavirus means universities should switch to pass-fail and pass everyone

I’ve taught literature at Columbia University for 20 years. This past week, I’ve been in close touch with my students via email and Zoom as we all stumble together into the new realities of education during a pandemic. And it’s already clear that moving classes online won’t let us approximate the semester we thought we were going to have at the beginning of March.

Link to article: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/20/coronavirus-college-pass-fail/