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A revamped grading system, smaller classes and more professors may
The results of the survey were far from flattering, as students and graduates criticized the school for its lack of focus on core educational issues--class size, faculty interaction and fair grading.
HLS's grading system emerged as the major student concern in the study. While Yale Law School uses an expanded pass/fail system, HLS has always chosen to give students letter grades ranging from A+ to F.
It had all the makings of a headline news story. A hacker had supposedly broken into the grading system for an MIT biology class and changed the grades of 22 students.
He agrees that there is merit to the program, but he says until the program is expanded to other courses, the discrepancy in grading methods might just be unfair.