Word: essay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hutchins had supported a proposal before the faculty last month that would have substituted any paper written during the year in tutorial for the junior essay. The faculty decided instead to keep the procedures the same this year, and abolsih the essay completely next year...
...faculty has said that many tutorials have been geared toward a junior essay this year, assigning few papers because the tutors consider the essay the major paper of the year...
...They're putting undue emphasis on written performance in tutorial," Burke said, adding that if the department were to abolish the essay this year, tutors who had assigned few papers could still assign a long paper similar to the essay...
...Since the department has decided to drop the essay, it's been discredited in out eyes," Burke said. "Everyone admits it's unfair...
Many tutors have been helping their students by discussing the questions with them ahead of time. Every tutor submits at least one question for the list of junior essay questions from which students can choose. The essay is graded by a committee of non-tutors and counts for one half the yearly mark...