Students at Oberlin, which has the reputation as a good school, are demanding that the administration abolish any grades below C. And while they are at it, they should abolish midterms and essay questions, replacing them with a conversation with a professor. Their reasoning is that they have too much to do, what with their activism on top of their course loads. Also, they are paying for their attendance and need to get what they want from it.
From Oberlin students want to abolish midterms and any grades below C, The Week:
Students at Oberlin College are asking the school to put academics on the back burner so they can better turn their attention to activism. More than 1,300 students at the Midwestern liberal arts college have now signed a petition asking that the college get rid of any grade below a C for the semester, and some students are requesting alternatives to the standard written midterm examination, such as a conversation with a professor in lieu of an essay.