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Following a yearlong controversy about grade inflation, professors unanimously adopt a new 4.0 grading scale and restrict the proportion of honors awarded each year to 60 percent. The Class of 2005 will be the first to feel the effects of these changes.
Even if none of the remaining 44 or so Z-list students were legacies, 33 percent of the 80 students would be legacies—still well above the proportion of legacies in the class as a whole.
If a smaller school instituted a Z-list primarily for legacies, there would be a danger of having a disproportionately high or low proportion of legacies in a given class if the Z-list yield were not accurately estimated. Moreover, the smaller a school, the tougher it is to find...
If a smaller school instituted a Z-list primarily for legacies, there would be a danger of having a disproportionately high or low proportion of legacies in a given class if the Z-list yield were not accurately estimated. Moreover, the smaller a school, the tougher it is to find...
The Faculty unanimously adopts a new 4.0 grading scale and restricts the proportion of honors awarded each year to 60 percent of the graduating class. The change goes into effect starting with the Class of 2004 and 2005, respectively. The change is part of an effort to combat grade and...