Word: transcript
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Last quarter your campus began to discuss a transcript change that would add to the transcript the number of students enrolled in the course and the median grade. On the Berkeley campus we too are discussing this proposal, referred to here as "relative transcripts." Contrary to one of your articles, this proposal is still under discussion and has not yet been implemented...
Another reason we oppose the adoption of the relative transcript is that it will cause a decrease in the overall grade point average. Relative transcripts will create a focus upon each faculty member's grading policy, which will lead to considerable pressure on faculty, especially those in non-tenured positions, to lower their grades. Were this proposal implemented at your school, Harvard graduates would find themselves at a greater disadvantage when competing for jobs or entrance to graduate school because their grades had declined, while grades at other institutions remained at current levels...
...Fried's perspective--and the book's climax--comes in the cpilogue, a transcript of Julian's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The vocal indignation of the committee notwithstanding, Julian's message is essentially no more than a liberal critique of American society; pointing to the vast economic gulf between rich and poor, he advocates the transformation of our social and economic structure as a prerequisite to the establishment of a truly representative government. The senators cry revolution, yet Prescott's revolution is not "the violent over-throw of the government" but rather...
Between opening and closing plenary sessions, the conference divided up into five task forces that met for nine hours apiece to discuss various aspects of leadership: What makes a leader? Can he or she be trained? How does a leader persuade people to follow? The transcript that resulted does not contain precise answers, but it is studded with myriad insights and opinions. What follows is a condensation of its main features...
Pipkin said he has mixed feelings about the program. "Although it never hurts to have more information on a transcript. the recommended changes may be misinterpreted by graduate schools...