Last night the faculty of Yale University decided to postpone voting on a controversial modification to the school's grading system — essentially, instituting a grading curve — thus averting a major ...
As midterm grades roll in and students commence the push toward final examinations, it is not uncommon to see students from the different schools within Georgetown University engage in lively debates ...
The mean grade point average in all undergraduate courses taken in the McDonough School of Business will now be capped at 3.5 out of 4.0 in an effort to decrease competition among students. This new ...
The University of Southern California Gould School of Law is the latest to consider grade reforms, but don't expect a sea change in Los Angeles. USC Law Dean Robert Rasmussen has proposed modifying ...
Every semester, almost as soon as the course guide goes live, I log on to Atlas to review prospective classes for the next term. When I find a class that sounds interesting, I click on its tab. But ...
In the intricate world of academia, establishing a fair, accurate, and secure grading system can pose major challenges. Academic institutions, especially law schools, juggle various responsibilities ...
Harvard has finally acknowledged that it has a problem with grade inflation. Unfortunately, though the university has now admitted that its instructors award too many A’s, its proposed solutions fall ...