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...media is being far too harsh in its indictment of all college students, acting as if a college student??€™s racism is more surprising—and should be less commonplace—than that of the average American. It’s just as surprising in the world of academia, and just as prevalent as anywhere else. We’re not of a higher moral stature than the rest of society...
...21st century to reforming our calendar to finding ways to incentivize and promote better pedagogy. Even if the Faculty thinks that grade inflation is a problem, it should be low on its priority list.Finally, on a very basic level, grades should be a representation of the quality of a student??€™s work. Imposing an artificial standard trivializes grades by forcing a distribution to conform to preconceived notions. Although having a large percentage of high grades may decrease the relative value of such grades in the eyes of graduate schools or potential employers, it would be more misleading...
...that many students nonetheless face each year. There is a plethora of sources for summer funding for internships and travel, from Institute of Politics (IOP) stipends to the Dean’s Summer Research Awards. Most of those stipends, however, only cover living expenses, so the problem of a student??€™s summer contribution persists. Thankfully, there is a fairly simple solution: the Financial Aid Office (FAO) could waive one summer’s contribution for students planning to work in an unpaid position in the public or community service fields. Such a system, which is already in place...
...committee member advocated allowing professors to post their own response to student??€™s reviews. This system, which he said is employed at Yale, allows professors to address criticism brought up in reviews...
Skybus, an airline that will make its inaugural flight in late May, hopes to bring this kind of travel within reach of almost every college student??€™s wallet, bringing to America what bargain-basement air carriers such as Ryanair brought to Europe: transcontinental flights at Fung-Wah prices—or less...