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...ordered that [the number of students receiving an A or A-] should be no more than 25 percent.” Jasanoff denies giving a specific directive but admits that the 25 percent target “corresponds approximately to my philosophy.” Regardless, enrollment numbers in Vaux??s two big courses, Social Analysis 34: “Knowledge of Language” and Linguistics 80: “Dialects of English,” dropped dramatically. Vaux believes—quite rightly—that students avoided a class that was “graded...
...ideal grading world, you would set out the requirements of a class, and if they demonstrate that they’ve mastered them, then they get an A. But I’m not allowed to use that sort of grading system here.” Most students share Vaux??s belief that grades should be absolute, not relative. If I do well enough to get an A, I shouldn’t be denied one because somebody else did relatively better than...
Students also postered the Yard during shopping period, urging classmates to attend Vaux??s class in what may be his last semester at Harvard...
Having spent nearly a year publicly protesting the department’s handling of his tenure case, Vaux??who has taught at Harvard for nine years—announced late this fall that he had signed a contract to teach as a senior faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...
According to Elaine F. Besancon ’06, who took Vaux??s Social Analysis 34 class last fall, he was an engaging lecturer who easily gained and maintain the attention of his class...