Excerpt from the Wright State Guardian
During the Wright State Faculty Senate meeting on Dec. 7, WSU Faculty Senators proposed and unanimously voted in support of converting undergraduate students failing grades for both summer and fall semesters to a U grade, and X grades to XU.
Converting a student’s failing grade to that of U or XU, prevents that undergraduate students’ GPA from being affected, as U and XU grades are not calculated into grade point averages.
“With the very difficult transition into this fall semester, the proposal before you is meant to try to help people who have struggled in one or multiple classes, and so that their GPA is not harmed,” said Faculty Senate President Laura Luehrmann while addressing the proposal.
Students who receive a failing grade due to violations of academic integrity however, are not included within this process.
“Any student who receives an F grade as a result of sanction for a violation of academic integrity, that F grade will stand.”
Faculty Senate President Luehrmann informed Senators that this is the same practice that was followed last spring, where failing grade conversions also took place.
