Faculty Roles - Evaluation and Assessment?

From the 8/8/11 Chronicle of Higher education comes this interesting discussion of the potentially changing role of instructors/faculty in higher education.  The entire article is worth a read, but here's the lead...

To Justify Every 'A,' Some Professors Hand Over Grading Power to Outsiders - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The best way to eliminate grade inflation is to take professors out of the grading process: Replace them with professional evaluators who never meet the students, and who don't worry that students will punish harsh grades with poor reviews. That's the argument made by leaders of Western Governors University, which has hired 300 adjunct professors who do nothing but grade student work.