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However, ideas that administrators did not consider seriously may be the real solution. Changing the grading policies of the College so that final exams were less important would remove a lot of the pressure that cause sickouts. Suggestions for change that could be easily implememted as new core courses are...
The Council, in fact, considered grading reform as a possible solution when it reviewed alternatives last month, but rejected it in favor of transcript tampering. Perhaps they should think again.
Many expository writing teachers dislike giving grades, so a grading policy will be difficult to formulate, he added.
On a scale of one to seven, freshmen recorded an average of 6.2 in favor of the syllabi, which would include detailed reading assignments, examination dates and grading policies.
"I didn't have a syllabus until very late this year, but I think it is a very good idea to request them." William Klemperer, Erving Professor of Chemistry and head of Chemistry 4, said Tuesday. But he added he would be very cautious in declaring too rigid a grading...