Word: grading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Howard S. Beltzer '79, one of the 134 new Government concentrators, agrees with Mansfield's estimate. Beltzer said yesterday that although he doesn't plan on going to law school, and isn't exactly thrilled by the prospect of Mansfield's department crusade to wipe out grade inflation, he decided to enter Government on the basis of his personal interest in politics...
Some members of the faculty expressed surprise at Government's surge in popularity, in the light of recent publicity surrounding the department's attempts to reduce "grade inflation" by enforcing stricter grading standards...
...student porter can receive a grade of good, adequate, or poor, and he always does well overall. But he fails the white glove test in the sub-categories, especially where the water runs most often. TOILETS: chrome fixtures--good, top and inside area--adequate, underneath area--poor, area to the rear--poor. SHOWERS AND BATHTUBS: chrome fixtures--good, soap dish--adequate, floor and bottom twelve inches of wall..."What...
David Reisman '31, Ford II Professor of Social Science and member of the Gen Ed committee, said yesterday the committee is aware of grade pressure on students, but added he believes "the answer to that is what does exist--the pass-fail option...
...these days when every student is grade conscious," Riesman said, "a course with no final exam--where there is no certainty of a high grade--the students would tend to take a course seriously. A few students have failed, to their astonishment...