Neetu Arnold ✓
@neetu_arnold
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@neetu_arnold The issue isn't just a few "equity" policies. This is the tail end of a 30-year movement starting from Jeannie Oakes's fraudulent research, and it will end in America turning into South Africa.
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University of Michigan’s new grade covering policy seems less about mental health and more about accommodating poor admissions decisions
More in @CityJournal:
https://t.co/QKeCBwBqqi
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Building “early momentum” became central to U-M’s student success strategy. In fact, grade covering is designed to build “early momentum”
According to Angela Dillard, the student success movement isn’t about “blaming students for being unprepared;” it’s about placing “blame on h
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Most U-M students graduate
But black and Hispanic students graduated 10-20% below U-M’s overall 4-year rate
And over the past decade, U-M increased its share of black & Hispanic students, particularly after it stopped uniformly requiring standardized tests for admission https:
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Ahead of this seminar, U-M administrators were well aware they had a problem on their hands
A 2023 report found DFW (Ds, Fs, Withdrawals) rates highest in foundational courses. And these rates showed “intersectional patterns of inequity”
Students who struggle early are less htt
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Other presentation slides discuss “radically rethinking grading practices for undergraduates” in the first 1-2 years & that U-M should “consider moving away from competitive grading” https://t.co/taWCTmiI6t
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In 2024, U-M held a seminar to discuss strategies to improve first-year “student success”
At this seminar, Angela Dillard, Vice Provost of Undergrad Ed, asked “why don’t we blow up the transcript?” https://t.co/6NidI2ABfW
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🧵 “Why don’t we blow up the transcript?”
University of Michigan documents show “covering grades” was part of a larger conversation about rethinking grades, “inequities”, & moving away from competitive grading
Here’s what I found https://t.co/iTj8mzKYRx
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Is “mental health” really why the University of Michigan will hide freshmen grades on transcripts?
University documents tell a different story
My latest in @CityJournal ⬇️
https://t.co/QKeCBwBqqi
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For all those who see “covering grades” on transcripts as helping first-year students:
In 2016, Johns Hopkins reversed its 40+-year policy bc it did more harm than good
- Delayed students from adapting to college-level work
-Could place students at a disadvantage when applying
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@neetu_arnold The University of Michigan also has 17 “reflection rooms” and a “wellness zone” with massage chairs and light therapy to address its students’ “mental health.”
This is infantilization.
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Oh wow 😬
University of Michigan will HIDE first-semester grades on transcripts for students in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
It’s to “curb the mental health crisis”
AND
The policy is mandatory for all students bc “covering an individual’s grades will https:
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Against accounts of the same size
13 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.
Median views596this account2 020median for under 10K
Reach, %7.87%this account148.09%median for under 10K
Engagement, %1.88%this account1.42%median for under 10K
| Metric | This account | Median for under 10K | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 596 | 2 020 | 0.30× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 7.87% | 148.09% | 0.05× |
| Engagement rate | 1.88% | 1.42% | 1.32× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
3.2M6 Aug
56.8K
166.8K
133.3K
45.7K17 Aug
25.3K19 Aug
596
425
383
396
404
397
55820 Aug
Last 13 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.23%6 Aug
2.40%
0.17%
0.28%
0.91%17 Aug
0.72%19 Aug
1.85%
1.88%
3.13%
2.78%
1.98%
3.27%
5.38%20 Aug
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.42%.
What the audience does
Likes63.7%7 320 in total
Reposts8.4%964 in total
Replies8.6%983 in total
Quotes6.6%760 in total
Bookmarks12.7%1 463 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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