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Last spring the Law School was debating the issue of grade reform for first year students with a decorum that would be unimaginable for undergraduates. Students drew up lengthy, well-reasoned critiques of the grading system worked on committees, held open meetings, and, at the height of their militancy resorted...
Grading is problematic. A school-wide committee recommended pass-fail grading for UFS because of the nature of the course work. In the case of at least one project, the Planning Department faculty threatened to change some "pass" grades to B-, the lowest passing grade a graduate student can receive...
> While some pacification officials in South Viet Nam claim that 92% of the population lives in "relatively secure" hamlets, others put the figure as low as 60%. The disparity arises because officials include in their figures those hamlets that are not under actual Communist control, grading them on a descending...
In a 10-point plan to improve medical education he suggested that such competitive practices as ranking by grade poin average and grading on a curve should be eliminated.
Both Bakerman and Schepard said there were important differences between their programs, but they agreed that both groups wanted a re-examination of the grading system.