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The B-School currently has three grading categories. Twenty percent of every class falls into the first "honors" category, and 10 percent fall in the lowest grouping. The remainder receives the same "acceptable" ranking.
"We object strongly to parts of the grading procedure like the forced curve, but it is very difficult to come up with an alternative which is better," Haas said.
However, it has been my experience (both in my Department and elsewhere) that the majority of teaching fellows are conscientious persons who enjoy working with their students and look forward to each section. Most of us are well-prepared for our lectures, design reasonable and worthwhile problem sets. Conduct meaningful...
A number of responses to this letter have already pointed out some of the special burdens--financial, professional, and personal--which a graduate student suffers under, and I do not wish to belabor this point. But I would like to point out some of the subtler and more insidious implications...
Nader also urged charges in grading policy, the corporate law internships students take, and professors' reluctance to tell students about their work outside the Law School.