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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Mike Bedigan

Oklahoma removes instructor who gave failing grade to college student’s essay and sparked conservative outrage

The University of Oklahoma has removed a teaching assistant who gave a student an F grade on a psychology paper which sparked outrage from conservatives and prompted claims of religious discrimination.

“Based on an examination of the graduate teaching assistant's prior grading standards and patterns, as well as the graduate teaching assistant's own statements related to this matter, it was determined that the graduate teaching assistant was arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper,” the University said in a Monday statement.

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