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...those students is Scott Harlin, 40, whose job as a drug- and alcohol-rehabilitation counselor was wiped out by state budget cuts two years ago. He's now studying at Columbus Technical College, in Columbus, Ga., to become a Cisco certified network engineer. Says Harlin (whose grade point average thus far is 4.0): "Jobs are so hard to come by right now. Why not study and get qualified to do something that will be marketable later?" He adds, "I've always thought about going back to school, but I probably wouldn't have done it if I hadn't gotten...
Clarifying the Law School’s move to a pass/fail grading system last October, Acting Dean of Harvard Law School Howell E. Jackson announced in an e-mail to students late last week that the school will make its grade distribution public and change the criteria for awarding coveted Latin honors...
That question was resolved in Jackson’s disclosures last week. Next year’s student handbook will include a recommended grade distribution that encourages professors to award Honors to 37 percent of the class, Pass to 55 percent, and Low Pass to the remaining 8 percent...
Still, concerns remain that the new grading policy may not achieve its stated goal of tempering the grade-focused culture at the law school...
...Loud Pipes." It wasn't just the fact that the title of the song sounded like a selection from our 6th grade recorder class. No, we're an enlightened bunch and far be it from us to judge a book by its cover. But when a book has no words—now that's a different story. And when a song has no words—well that's a book that FlyBy doesn't want to be reading. In our (hopelessly uncultured but humble) view, lyric-less selections are meant...