Word: tfs
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...major cost of preregistration is that students are less likely to end up in the classes that are best suited for them, then the main benefit is that it gives professors better enrollment figures for their classes—allowing professors to hire Teaching Fellows (TFs) with more certainty. But if students are primarily preregistering for classes with lotteries or are adding and dropping as frequently as we would hope, preregistration will not greatly improve estimates...
...TFs are on the front lines [and] they report in like mad,” Kishlansky said...
...three professors teaching History 10a: “Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures: From Antiquity to 1650” Kishlanksy said that he and his fellow professors met with their TFs weekly to monitor grading through common readings of papers and exams...
...TFs in other courses said they were also aware of attempts to strictly monitor grading practices this fall...
...haven’t heard any specific news, but there have definitely been rumors that TFs and professors are not as willing to give you higher grades,” she said...