Barry Mehler, a history professor at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich., told his students he didn’t want to know anything about them, not even their names and that he would randomly predetermine their grades, no matter how hard they worked.
A three-judge panel of the Chicago-based 7th Circuit heard arguments for about 30 minutes by video, a measure implemented in response to the new regional and national surge in COVID-19 infections.