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...Administrators also shed light on what they perceived to be the defects of the grading system at the time. Paul H. Buck, former dean of the Faculty, told The Crimson that a “police-type exam given in great detail” can ruin “brilliant students,” and director of freshman scholarships Wallace MacDonald ’44 added: “Too few students realize that God is not grading their bluebooks...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cold War Conflict Prompted Education Arms Race | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...question his academic focus after receiving an “A” in a course taught by comparative literature professor Harry T. Levin ’33, though he had attended only two lectures. After he was able to rely on generic literary terms to write an exam essay on a book he had not read, Sheehan said he decided it was time for something more challenging...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Neil Sheehan | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...that law school officials have talked to a large number of individuals from Yale in designing the new grading program. “We wanted to get a better sense of the consequences,” Kramer said. “I think the main benefits are it reduces exam pressure inside so that students can focus less on grades and more on the subject.” Students were notified of the decision in an e-mail by Kramer on Thursday. “No grading system is perfect, but the consensus is that the reform will have significant...

Author: By Kevin Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stanford Law Changes Grading System | 5/30/2008 | See Source »

Looking ahead, Radcliffe will knuckle down after exam period is over for the athletes, take the next two weeks and concentrate on finding the speed they need to succeed at IRA National Championships. June 5-7 the squad will return for the Cooper River looking for vindication...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Finishes Behind Wisconsin | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

...last day of school. It was part of an obsessive compulsive desire to remember things in the future, a naïve hope that I could someday look back and revel in the fact that at 5:37 p.m. on a May 16, I took my last high school exam...

Author: By Mark A. Pacult, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Different Type of Memory | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

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