Word: criteria
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...formula for the rankings is based on 16 criteria in six main categories: advising, teaching, classes, honors, social events and retention rate. FM has assembled quantitative information on concentrations from the Dean of the College, the Registrar, the CUE Guide, Courses of Instruction and the Handbook for Students in one place for the first time. Some of the data—compiled from questionnaires FM sent to the offices of all 40 concentrations—has never before been publicly released...
...budding scientist will not choose Slavic Languages and Literatures merely because it is second in our rankings, but the rankings may help an aspiring political scientist decide between Social Studies (ranked 21st) and Government (ranked 36th). As with the CUE Guide, students can also pick and choose what criteria they care most about. Concerned most with tutorial size? You can focus on that part of the rankings. Interested in a concentration’s teachers? The rankings allow you to hone in on students’ evaluations of professors...
Obviously, the ranking of concentrations is far from perfect. First, many pieces of data were unavailable for this ranking, though the formula does not penalize any concentration for missing data. Second, FM’s ranking, like any ranking, is to some extent arbitrary in the weighting of its criteria. Although we weighted each category based on what we considered to be its importance and accuracy in judging the quality of each concentration, there are definitely other ways to rank concentrations. In fact, we’re interested in any suggestions readers would have to improve next year?...
...dinner. Among other things, the board approved McGee's consent form, which contained numerous errors. McGee later got permission to add more subjects than the original 25 he had applied for. According to the OHRP investigation, 11 of McGee's first 18 subjects didn't meet eligibility criteria. Like most of the key oversight decisions, this one actually came directly from the IRB chair, Daniel Plunket, who often did a one-man "expedited review" without consulting the rest of the board. James Robinson, Plunket's lawyer, insists "there is no evidence" his client "took any action...
Proponents of the change said tightening the criteria would save students who pursue allegations with the Ad Board from feeling let down if the investigation went nowhere. Stricter criteria would also save the Ad Board time spent on drawn-out and fruitless investigations, they said...