Word: workload
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...semester, backloading spreads far beyond this selection of classes. For the professors of many non-intro courses, written work due during reading period can determine over 50 percent of the course grade—not even including the final. As a result, students find themselves with a Herculean workload, no time to complete it, and their grades on the line...
...commitments. With this possibility in mind, we are particularly interested in the committee’s proposal to add a peer advising system, particularly for freshmen. However, we fear that recruiting advisers and making sure they pay attention to advisees on top of each student’s heavy workload will be difficult. The Faculty should pay attention to this potential bottleneck. A small stipend for peer advisers may be the solution...
...listing. Could the cash injections mean smaller players will soon be engulfed? Place your bets. - By Adam Smith Counting The Hours British workers on average put in 217 hours per year more than the Germans, 220 more than the French and 319 more than the Dutch, but their heavy workload may be about to lighten. Last week the European Parliament voted to scrap a British exemption to E.U. rules that limit the workweek to 48 hours. Employers complained that such restrictions could undermine the British economy's strength. "Here we are with the most successful economy in Europe...
...high-maintenance relationship," says a third government adviser. "There are tricky issues all the time: human rights, intellectual property, Taiwan, visas, the commercial stuff. It does underscore, however, how engaged we are." For public servants - including police, defense personnel and customs officers - China is becoming part of the workload. Police, for instance, see an increased level of threat coming from China as its economy grows. The Australian Federal Police are working with their Chinese counterparts to combat transnational crimes like drug trafficking, money laundering, people smuggling and sexual servitude; the agency is educating its officers in Chinese language and culture...
...workload was a bit shocking at first, players said at the press conference. Collins recounted how some of his classmates would stay up until two in the morning discussing cases...