Word: transcriptions
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This function, like those enumerated above, hinges on grading's motivational power. Grades provide a consistent system of comparison only when everyone works as hard as possible to demonstrate their capabilities. Harvard students are keenly aware that grades communicate their abilities to other people. For most, the ideal transcript entices hard work even if the student's dedication to schoolwork would be low otherwise...
Some might argue that without a transcript to prove their college success, students would lose an edge after graduation. But if grade inflation truly is a problem now, Harvardians' transcripts already look alike...
...read on to learn that a month before I was born, the very same Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) took up the identical proposal (transcript reform) that I spent a good part of the last two semesters hearing about...
Otherwise, I have a feeling the Crimson will be publishing articles in October of 2016 about the CUE committee and a proposal for transcript reform...
Valerie J. MacMillan is tired of seeing so many high grades on her transcript...