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Expressing a common student complaint, council members said grading in large Core classes and departmental tutorials varies unfairly from section to section. Tutors should be advised by the committee to compare their grade distributions with each other before issuing final grades, said Joel D. Hornstein '92.
But David Pilbeam, associate dean for undergradute education, said it is difficult to judge whether variations in grading in different sections reflects the different abilities of students or simply an inconsistency in assigning grades.
Artful equivocations are even worse; lynx-eyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynz eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.'s are vicious or...
The problem, Machell explains, lies in how much energy and emotion scholars invest in their work. It becomes no longer simply a job, but an identity, a product they own. Further, professors, like high school teachers, are on their own in the workplace, defining and grading their own success.
Papers containing original research from the area of study would serve as an ideal accountability mechanism. Departments would surely appreciate the increase in current, original scholarship. There is no reason why academic advisers or other faculty could not take the time to evaluate the work of students who study abroad...