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Attractive people get better grades

2016-01-09 18:44:17.533533+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Today in economics professors learn uncomfortable truths about themselves news: Better-looking students get better grades — but not in online classes:

“We really thought it was just that more attractive people have other personality traits, other skills,” Peters, an associate professor at MSU Denver, said. “But it does appear to be some type of actual discrimination on the part of the professors. That surprised us.”

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