Word: rigor
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...their home schools; allowing them to stay could negatively alter the class compositions of hurricane-affected schools given that an estimated 18,000 displaced New Orleans students were taken in by colleges around the country. Ultimately, this could lead to disastrous ramifications in terms of the economy, academic rigor, and social life at those schools. Although we can sympathize with the visiting students’ plea to stay, individual students should not be held above the success of their home schools, most of which count on their student population for said success. Clearly, these students found attractive qualities in their...
...academic mission. Recently, the administration of HBS has expressed interest in making it “optional” for students to release their grades. This interest must not blossom into policy. Making grade release optional will not solve any of HBS's current problems with academic rigor. Moreover, the administration should be censured for trying to ram through this change without the input of HBS students...
...Critics of HBS and other schools with the same practice have questioned the schools’ academic rigor, saying that business school classes mean nothing without grade accountability. From their perspective, the cooperative environment that the no-release policy fosters is outweighed by its detrimental effects on academic motivation and excellence. That said it’s hard to see how releasing grades to employers would fix HBS’s problems. Since 65 to 75 percent of the school gets a grade of “II,” and only the bottom ten percent a legitimately...
...those who oppose the move will ultimately be offset by the fundamentals of HBS’s grading policy itself. After Jan. 18, when HBS has said it will make a decision, we hope to see a revitalized business school that sports a better balance between collegiality and academic rigor...
...enhance performance.”Akram Zaman, who is co-president of the HBS Student Association’s Executive Committee, said that the organization had not yet taken a stance on the issue, but noted that there is a perception that “general academic motivation and rigor has gone down” among HBS students.“The consensus is that people are valuing social, networking, and extracurricular activities, rather than gaining general management skills,” he added.HBS is not the only top business school reexamining its grade disclosure policy. Stanford?...