Word: failings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ackerman, Riesman, and Bruce Chalmers, Gordon McKay Professor of Metallurgy, who introduced the plan, all praised pass-fail as a means of encouraging students to experiment with courses outside their field...
Most of the Faculty debate centered on the effect pass-fail would have on getting Harvard students into graduate schools...
Ackerman and others replied that small differences in students' grades make little difference to admissions officials now, and that schools like Swarthmore with much more sweeping pass-fail programs have had no difficulty getting graduate school acceptance for their students...
Ford had intended not to ask for a Faculty vote on pass-fail until January's meeting, but was "much surprised" by the Faculty's willingness to move the question so quickly...
Because Ford had assured members of several departments that there would be no vote until next month, the Faculty will be asked in January to confirm its approval of pass-fail yesterday...