Word: quota
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...section man feels that more students in his section deserve honor grades than the quota allows, he must bargain for the honor grades of other sections," Timberg claimed...
...section man in Gov. 1 substantiated the charge that a quota system is used, but he said that "all classes must set some sort of standard." He argued that the quota system "is not inequitable, but is for equity's sake...
...Some section men are soft and would give 40 per cent honor grades, and others tend to be tough and might give only 2 per cent," the section man said. "The purpose of the quota system is to equalize these differences...
...also emphasized that the quota system in Government 1 is "extremely flexible." If a section man can make a good case for giving more honor grades than the quota allows, he can bring it up with a review committee, which will usually consent to going over the quota, he said...
Although he did not want to reveal Gov. 1's quota for honor grades, he stated that it is "quite high" and has gone up in the past ten years...