Word: grades
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Summa status is now decided by a combination of grade-point average, thesis quality and departmental recommendation...
Missing a deadline does not always result in getting a lower grade-- sometimes it means getting snuffed out of existence...
Mansfield spoke candidly about the sometimes controversial reaction to his conservative views. In past years, Mansfield has been excoriated by students for saying that the presence of black students at the University has prompted grade inflation, and for his criticism last year of a report by President Neil L. Rudenstine defending affirmative-action programs...
Sullivan is the mother of a kindergarten, second-grade and fourth-grade student at the King School, where she also works as a temporary assistant teacher...
...will provide strong support to pursue higher education, although it's difficult to project the impact on enrollment," says David Pierce, president of the American Association of Community Colleges. But many educators are worried that the plan's achievement requirements, which call for students to have a B grade average in their first academic year, could lead to grade inflation as financially strapped colleges try to keep the maximum number enrolled. The most persistent criticism is that since it takes the form of a tax credit, the initiative doesn't really help the poorest Americans toward higher education...