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When the Faculty votes today on changes in the honors requirements, it will be voting on legislation that would not only tighten standards for honors in General Studies, but could entirely eliminate pass/fail from the curriculum...
...legislation passes as it stands, it will affect more than the two areas the Faculty intended to tighten. The old rules required only a C- grade in two-thirds of the courses completed outside a student's concentration for a cum laude, but the new ones require at least B- in two-thirds of all courses taken outside the field of concentration...
...Faculty is scheduled to vote next week on two proposals that have been under discussion all year: permission for students to cross-register at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the purpose of taking non-credit Reserve Officer Training (ROTC) courses and legislation that could tighten standards for honors...
Last year President Ford asked Congress to amend the act so that higher-sulfur coal could be legally burned. The Senate responded by writing a new bill that would actually tighten the standards further. Meanwhile, the coal and utility industries have embarked on several new ways to satisfy...
...Faculty held straw votes on several proposed changes in the standards for honors that could tighten requirements for summa and cum laude in general studies (CLGS) degrees...