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The faculty committees spearheading the reform made a proposal in the form of the 2000 Strategic Plan aimed at across-the-board changes from smaller classes and more debt relief to a more flexible grading curve.
Meltzer says that some changes, like grade distribution, will be implemented as early as this spring. The faculty has also agreed to examine a more flexible grading policy, which would attempt to eliminate grading discrepancies between sections of the same class.
The faculty's pledge to institute a more flexible grading curve has been a particularly controversial point. The faculty turned down a proposal, supported by a majority of the students, to replace letter grades with a three-tiered passing grade scale.
Some students are frustrated by what they perceive as the faculty's inaction. "I think HLS falls short in all of the categories identified in the McKinsey study, but I was particularly amazed at the faculty's rejection of grading reform. Why did they do that study, again?" Hermes says...
During the faculty's development of the strategic plan this year, students presented a Bill of Expectations, which focused on five main themes: reducing class size, strengthening advising, increasing academic feedback, making registration easier and reforming the grading system.