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What are your thoughts about this?

Not many of us have a subs:cription to the Free Press, so some can't read the article because of the paywall. Please give us the breakdown . Thanks!

A now-senior executive at Brandon University turned a student’s failing grade into an A+ when she was the dean of science, a move that overrode the course instructor’s concerns and is raising questions about grading oversight in the aftermath.  
 
Multiple sources corroborated details about an April 2022 incident that took place when Bernadette Ardelli was overseeing eight departments and two programs in the faculty of science at BU. Ardelli has since been promoted to vice-president for research and graduate studies.

Here's a link where you can read the original article, reprinted in another paper:  
 
https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_4134b3f0-91d8-5657-bc89-81606df1c31b.html  
 
Here is BU's response:  
 
https://news.brandonu.ca/2025/11/21/brandon-university-responds-to-winnipeg-free-press-hit-piece/  
 
Edit to add: I linked to that paper specifically because it's not behind the paywall. It was also reprinted in the Brandon Sun on Nov 20, but I assume it's behind a paywall as well (I have a Brandon Sun subs:cription, so I can't tell for sure if it is - here's the link in case you want it https://www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/11/20/former-brandon-university-dean-accused-of-mathematically-impossible-grade-change)  
 
Edited by Abbysmum, 2025-11-25 16:24:06

I’ve read BU’s response, and I do agree that in most situations, things are never as simple as they appear from the outside. So, unless more info comes out, it appears that the authorities at BU have reviewed the situation and are proposing changes to the system as needed. I’m wondering what else the reporter of the story, or any other folks who are affected, would have BU do?