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Francis M. Pipkin, associate dean of the Faculty for the Colleges, said yesterday the proposed calendar would allow undergraduates to cross-register more easily at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which begins classes early in September...
...people in Option III "do anything?" Francis M. Pipkin, associate dean of the Faculty and chairman of the standing committee on expository writing, said last week that the Faculty is "really afraid of dilettantism" in the creative arts and shies away from teaching them because it is "harder to judge a substantial effort" in the arts than with scholarly work...
...Pipkin said he has mixed feelings about the program. "Although it never hurts to have more information on a transcript. the recommended changes may be misinterpreted by graduate schools...
...Pipkin explained that while the information would be useful in gauging a student's performance in a large course such as Chemistry 20. "Organic Chemistry," the median grade in courses with very few people may not be representative...
...While we hope this could renormalize the grade curve, the information may be overinterpreted by graduate schools," Pipkin said...