Word: tiered
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According to Andrew Z. Michaelson, a third-year law student who is the spokesperson of Catalyst, a student reform group, many students supported the three-tier proposal because it would eradicate a perceived arbitrariness in grading...
...three-tier was the most progressive proposal yet," Gerney said. "It would [have made HLS] like Yale, which is hailed by US News & World Report as the best law school in the nation...
...Most of the African American professors were at the alumni event, but they took the vote anyway," he said. "By in large, those who voted to kill the three-tier proposal also voted to not postpone the Friday vote...
...said other proposals to rename the grading categories are still being considered. One such proposal would create a five-tier system, with high honors, honors/pass, pass, low pass and fail categories...
...think it's a shame it was voted down," she said. "The three-tier system would have created a better learning environment. It was clearly what the students wanted...