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Five years ago the EPC considered instituting an enhanced transcript—in which the median grade for the course would be printed next to the grade the student earned. But the proposal never made it to a full vote in the Faculty, after the Faculty Council decided the plan lacked broad support among professors...
Others have proposed adding the median grade in each course to Harvard’s transcript, to be displayed next to each student’s actual grade in that class, as Dartmouth College does. But this step would be unnecessary if grades accurately reflected students’ mastery of course material and intellectual ability in the first place. If a C meant that you turned in acceptable but unexceptional work in a class, and an A meant that you excelled and drew your own innovative, original conclusions or demonstrated uncommon mastery of the application of the themes presented...
Just over half of students said they would back an enhanced transcript—on which the median grade in a course would be printed next to the student’s grade...
Harvard’s Faculty Council considered, but ultimately decided against, adding median grade information to student transcripts...
...higher than Fox's because, say advertising executives, it has an established cable-news brand and has maintained a more upscale audience. But in January, Fox led CNN among viewers in the advertiser-friendly 25-54 age range (all the networks' viewer ages skew toward older viewers--CNN's median age is 59, to Fox's 56 and MSNBC's 55). News events can change the business again in an instant, of course, but Fox's gains mean one thing: whether the shooting war heats up or cools down, this battle will rage...