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Administrators also shed light on what they perceived to be the defects of the grading system at the time. Paul H. Buck, former dean of the Faculty, told The Crimson that a “police-type exam given in great detail” can ruin “brilliant...
Earlier that semester, The Crimson published a 14-page education supplement of its own addressing pertinent issues facing the nation and the University at the time, from the lecture system to grading.
Stanford Law School officials announced Thursday that the faculty will reform its grading system in order to adopt an honors, pass, restricted credit, no credit grading system. Since Yale Law School has had a similar system for decades, the move means that Harvard is the only one of the top...
TFs and professors might argue that this requirement would be difficult to implement, but it should require very little additional work, since these assignments must be graded anyway. Writing detailed comments on student work is part of responsible grading, and is something professors and TFs should already doing. This is...
Furthermore, allowing students to see their grades helps them catch mistakes or unfair grading practices. TFs and professors are not necessarily held accountable for grades they administer at the end of the semester, and it should not require special determination and drive for a student to determine why he or...