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Professor Irwin Horwitz sent a scathing email last week to the
30-plus students in the course, saying he had issued
across-the-board failing grades after reaching his breaking point
due to online rumors about himself and academic dishonesty on exams.
"None of you, in my opinion, given the behavior in this class,
deserve to pass, or graduate to become an Aggie, as you do not in
any way embody the honor that the university holds graduates should
have within their personal character," Horwitz wrote in the email,
according to Inside Higher Ed.
A university representative could not be reached immediately for
comment.
The university told Houston television station KRPC it is
investigating Horwitz's claims, but failing grades would not stand
unless a student did not academically pass the class. The department
head will take over the class until the end of the semester, it
said.
(Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza in Dallas)
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