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...cent from last year, the ad board has decided to deal with the matter in a rather typical, ne'er compromising, institutional fashion. First, the ad board perceives the problem thusly: how do we lower the number of sickouts? There are three or four options, according to Dean K. Whitla, director of instructional research and evaluation. An asterisk could be attached to the final grade on a student's transcript, indicating the grade was completed with a make-up exam. Make-up exams could be scheduled at more inconvenient times--or perhaps the exams themselves could be made more difficult...
...sure the Faculty Council will be somewhat disturbed to see that increase," Dean K. Whitla, director of the University's Office of Instructional Research and Evaluation, said yesterday. He added that some changes made in the examination process to cut down on the number of medical excuses had been discussed by the Council and "may well be considered again...
...have three or four options," Whitla said. "We could recommend difficult make-up exams, or we could schedule them for unattractive times, like spring recess or Thanksgiving," Whitla said...
...asterisk might also be attached to any grade that was the result of an extended period of time," Whitla added...
...Whitla said that the increase was especially disturbing because "the number of seriously ill students has not changed...