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These are three proposals forwarded last week to the Faculty Council by the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) and contained within the committee's recent report on the subject...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: College Considers Grade Inflation | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

According to CUE Chair and Dean for Undergraduate Education Lawrence Buell, it is finally time to put the controversy over grading to rest...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: College Considers Grade Inflation | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

...upper echelons of grades: A (15 points), A- (14 points), B+ (12 points), B (11 points), B- (10 points), etc. Notice the large gap between A- and B+. Some people view this gap as a good thing--it puts a real premium on any A grades. But the CUE has decided to close the gap. Exactly how to do so has become a quagmire of arithmetic, almost geometric, nay, exponential proportions...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: EVERYTHING IS PROPORTIONAL | 12/16/1995 | See Source »

...Some CUE members have recommended adding the grade A-/B+ to the scale, giving it a weight of 13 points. This change would allegedly make our grading system "proportional...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: EVERYTHING IS PROPORTIONAL | 12/16/1995 | See Source »

Clearly, some CUE members have not considered the intracacies of the grading process. Until the fundamental disparities discussed above are eradicated, no grading system will satisfy the CUE's lofty if misconceived ideals...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: EVERYTHING IS PROPORTIONAL | 12/16/1995 | See Source »

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