Word: failed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...changes would go into effect next fall, when, if the Faculty approves, all upperclassmen will be allowed to take a free fifth course on a "pass-fail" basis...
...being considered, a student could drop his fifth course up until a specified date without being charged for it. But, after the deadline, a student who decided he couldn't do the work in his fifth course wouldn't be allowed to drop it. He would simply have to fail...
...fining system has been under attack by Faculty members for some time. Since the pass-fail plan could encourage several hundred more students to start taking a fifth course, there may be considerable support for getting rid of the fines and establishing the earlier deadline...
There is still no agreement, though, on how late in the term the deadline for dropping the fifth course ought to be. This, and other details of the pass-fail plan, will be discussed by the Administrative Board and the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) during the next few weeks...
...that many students are convinced "that they are not receiving any profound and lasting education. They want to quit." The dropout rate has reached the point where 30% of the pupils who enter first grade do not finish eighth. In some regions, half of those who finish eighth grade fail to enter the two-year high schools. And of those who finish high school, only 20% are interested enough to go on to universities and the professional institutes...