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...still not concrete enough to say that people are enthusiastic or displeased," says Assistant Professor of Classics Cynthia Damon, another council member...
With the mean grades available for specific course, students could potentially seek out classes with high average grades, and students might also compete more strongly for above-average grades, Damon said...
...There's a fear that it would generate competition among students," Damon said. "And if you were very concerned about your grade point average you could consult your peers" and make course choices influenced by the grade distribution...
With the mean grade printed on the transcript, Damon said, professors could more easily use a wide grade scale, since student grades would appear in reference to the course average...
...these questions of privacy extend to the faculty as well, Damon said. "Some professors feel that it's perhaps not anyone's business what sort of grading scale they use," she said...