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OU Dismisses Grad Assistant Amid Students Controversial Essay Grading

On Monday, the University of Oklahoma removed graduate teaching assistant Mel Curth from instructional duties after concluding Curth was arbitrary in grading Samantha Fulnecky’s paper.
Student Samantha Fulnecky appealed after filing both a grade appeal and a formal claim of illegal religious discrimination related to a 650-word essay for the online Psychology course.
Curth, who previously won a teaching award, explained the essay does not answer assignment questions, labeled parts offensive, and said, "Using your own personal beliefs to argue against the findings... is not best practice," earlier this year.
OU added that the discrimination probe has concluded but does not release findings, and the Provost and the academic dean reviewed full facts before the decision.
The case attracted national conservative attention when Turning Point USA, OU chapter promoted Fulnecky's complaint, hundreds of students rallied for Curth, and the University of Oklahoma chapter of the American Association of University Professors criticized vague statements.

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