Word: graded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After nearly two decades without handing out a failing grade, Stanford University faculty this month discussed reinstating the dreaded 'F' on student transcripts...
...November, Stanford's Committee on Academic Appraisal and Achievement presented a report to the Faculty Senate citing a faculty survey taken last year in which two-thirds of the respondents said they would prefer a "historical record" grading system, said Professor David Wellbery, former chairman of the committee. The historical system includes a failing grade...
...selection process is more complex than just looking at the candidate's grade point average. According to Jen Hirsch of Lowell House, after her nomination she was required to send professor recomendations to the Dean's Office. The Dean's Office said the final decisions were made on the basis of the student's overall acedemic record...
DURING an episode of "Family Ties," big brother Alex P. Keaton, the self-proclaimed genius of the family, forced younger sister Jennifer to undergo a neurotic academic experience, convincing her to read volumes of case law and dress as the Statue of Liberty for her seventh grade oral report on "How a Bill Becomes...
...when we were children, our feelings about intelligence are based on competitive values. Just as our economic system tends to categorize people's worth in terms of their titles or salaries, our attitudes about education tend to evaluate people's intelligence in terms of their alma maters and their grade point averages. We still have a lot to learn...