Word: oversights
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...We’re living kind of large,” said HDC member Todd D. Fine ’03. “We’re flying across the country for competitions, staying in hotels, kind of like one of the sports teams, but without the direct oversight...
Gomes said this service was a way to rectify the oversight...
...Cultural Revolution. But as a kid Huang was denied entrance to the Beijing Dance Academy's Middle School three times because he was too short. "They wouldn't even let me audition!" Huang laments. "They saw me in line and shooed me away." To make up for nature's oversight, his father constructed a crude iron ring, bolted it to the rafters of their home and hung Huang from it upside down every afternoon. Huang swears it stretched his legs 3 cm and gained him entrance into the Shanghai Dance Academy...
...Indeed, professors must make certain that their TFs’ grades are accurate and fair. If a TF gives higher grades than expected, the professor should personally evaluate students’ papers to ensure that the TF held students to the same high standards as other TFs. This professorial oversight creates the disincentive for TFs to cave in to student demands for higher grades or for TFs to give higher grades in implicit exchange for better CUE ratings. If TFs know their grades will be closely scrutinized, then they will adhere to the prescribed standards...
Again, this oversight should not necessarily preclude any department from giving higher grades than others. Many students self-select into departments that are perceived as more rigorous, such as honors-only social studies...