Word: gradinger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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It is disturbing for a student newspaper to criticize a policy that benefits students. It seems that opponents of grade inflation would like their classes curved around a B- or a even a C. Their hubris prevents them from realizing that if such harsher grading policies were instituted, they would...
The committee also discussed the issue of grade inconsistency across sections due to the varying teaching styles and grading procedures of teaching fellows (TFs).
"There is more conversation [among TFs and professors] about grading procedures than is obvious to students," one member of the committee said.
The committee did agree to issue a statement of concern about the non-uniformity of grading processes and to state specific expectations about grading to be solidified in the next meeting.
"Last spring I had sections coming close to 20," Klein says. "It means you have less time to spend grading each individual work. It means you don't have as much time for the students."