Re:Universities forced to face addiction to foreign students...
by chithanh on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @10:02AM
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>> Universities should not be responsible for both education and assessment.
> Easier said than done. In more niche disciplines, the only people qualified to evaluate student attainment are other academics in the same discipline.
It is actually done in quite a few places. And even when there is no non-academic alternative, at the very least the examiners could entirely come from a different university than the lecturers.
In Germany there is the concept of "Staatsexamen" where a government-run examination agency recruits examiners from representatives of the profession and academia.
> Easier said than done. In more niche disciplines, the only people qualified to evaluate student attainment are other academics in the same discipline.
It is actually done in quite a few places. And even when there is no non-academic alternative, at the very least the examiners could entirely come from a different university than the lecturers.
In Germany there is the concept of "Staatsexamen" where a government-run examination agency recruits examiners from representatives of the profession and academia.