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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some CUE members have recommended adding the grade A-/B+ to the scale, giving it a weight of 13 points. This change would allegedly make our grading system "proportional...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: EVERYTHING IS PROPORTIONAL | 12/16/1995 | See Source »

Although some members of the committee, including Professor of Classics Christopher P. Jones, supported adding the extra grade, a vast majority of the committee voted to endorse changing the numerical equivalents of existing letter grades...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: CUE Recommends Change of Grade Scale | 12/14/1995 | See Source »

...yesterday's meeting the CUE also decided to oppose adding the mean grade and class size to students' transcripts, an idea that was well-received in departmental discussions of grade inflation last year...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: CUE Recommends Change of Grade Scale | 12/14/1995 | See Source »

Having this uneven system is just illogical," said Gary J. Feldman, Baird professor of science. He urged the committee to specify whether the gap should be filled by adding a new grade, the A-/B+, or by changing the grading scale...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: CUE Recommends Change of Grade Scale | 12/14/1995 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELISA IZQUIERDO: ABANDONED TO HER FATE | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

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