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Two Faculty committees have approved proposals to limit the proportion of students who can receive honors to 60 percent of the graduating class and to switch to a 4.0 grading scale, according to Dean of Undergraduate Education Susan G. Pedersen ’81-’82.
The other proposal that will be voted upon by the Faculty is the switch from a 15 to four-point grading scale. If approved, the change would go into effect for the 2003-2004 academic year.
In their now-infamous meeting last year, Summers allegedly criticized West’s inattention to serious scholarship, his frequent leaves of absence and his overly generous grading policies. Whether or not you count yourself among West’s detractors, these are all at least debatable criticisms. And while...
Rumors abound that Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser, one of two instructors who teaches the course, is under pressure to deflate grades because of his role on committees that are pushing for grading reform. “I heard from students that he was planning on restructuring the course...
Hauser denies the innuendo. “Yes, I am on Faculty Council. Yes, I do worry about grade inflation. But no, I am not out to lower the grades in B-29,” he says. “The grading is exactly on track with all previous...