Word: system
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They also questioned "the efficiency of the option system," maintaining that...
...releasing the results of their questionnaire, the three students-Andrew l. Schepard, Jonathan Z. Souweine, and Paul L. Warner-said that the present system "seems to represent no coherent philosophy but was instituted as a palatable political compromise...
...School faculty instituted this system last Spring when first-year students mounted a strong campaign in favor of a uniform pass-fail system. Even then, however, there was some dissatisfaction and one student commented, "It's clear the faculty realizes this is a temporary solution...
Almost thirty per cent-the largest single group-favored a uniform pass-fail system for all three years, and 21.6 per cent-the next biggest group-chose pass-fail for the first year with options between the three alternatives for the final two years. About four per cent specified other variations which included pass-fail for the first year...
...demonstrating what they called "the coercive nature of the option system," they pointed to the answers to a question which had asked all those who favored pass-fail whether they would choose pass-fail this year under the present system...