Word: robinsons
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...year plan is not really a 'takeover,' since the committee will be carefully monitoring everything the University does," said Robinson, referring to the elected school committee's power to overrule any of BU's management decisions with a two-thirds vote...
...additional safeguard is the fact that the national media has focused such attention on Chelsea; the least indiscretion will raise universal clamor," said Robinson...
Professor Orrin W. Robinson III, current chair of the Committee on Academic Appraisal and Achievement, said that the survey may not have accurately reflected true faculty preferences. The question on grading was one out of many questions on other subjects, and only about 400 out of a possible 1400 faculty members returned the questionnaire, he said. About 275 preferred the traditional 'A' through 'F' system...
Supporters of reinstating the failing grade say that it will curb grade inflation and motivate students. But the committee said that after the new "no credit" system was institued in 1969, there was no long-term grade inflation. Robinson, who chairs the committee, said the 'F' grade "wouldn't motivate students any harder...
Even the Faculty Senate seems to be against the idea. Of the seven people who spoke at a public discussion of the topic, only one was in support of the change, said Robinson...