Word: exam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...exam was scheduled to be a five-day take-home exam to be taken next week, but students complained that they were informed of the date of the test only two weeks...
Simpson said invalidation of test results due to unavoidable interruptions during the exam happens to at least one testing center each time the test is administered. "It's always a reason for which students can't be held responsible," Simpson said. "We ignore that mark...
This February the department's senior faculty rejected an undergraduate proposal to replace the general exam in comparative history with a course composed of seminars in comparative topics. The department's rejection of that proposal and its "compromise" on the issue--offering a series of lectures on comparative history to prepare seniors for the generals--was disheartening. The general exam itself was left untouched by that decision, and the lectures made no real difference in preparing students to answer questions on a subject that virtually no courses in the department covered...
...after. Starting with that class, the generals will test students on their major field alone, instead of comparative history; and the abolition of the pre-1600 requirement, along with the easing of the distribution requirements, will allow students to freely prepare for the new kind of general exam...
...course the department did not go along with the justified proposal to do away with one over all general exam, and replace it with a course on comparative history. Moreover, the department declined to implement the reform of the general exams and course requirements immediately. As it stands now, only the class of '78 and later classes will benefit from the reforms...