Word: pass-fail
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...caused the crisis of the university. The curriculum must be made relevant to human needs, and examinations and grading abolished. She suggests that students be admitted to the university to study with a single faculty member for as long as they want, and receive their degrees after passing a pass-fail examination, which could be taken at any point in the student's career. Between college and graduate school, students should be placed in some form of social service, in which they can apply their education to relevant human needs. The article concludes with the suggestion that the concept...
...Grading is problematic. A school-wide committee recommended pass-fail grading for UFS because of the nature of the course work. In the case of at least one project, the Planning Department faculty threatened to change some "pass" grades to B-, the lowest passing grade a graduate student can receive...
Students are allowed to take the course pass-fail, but Nat Sci 26 will have a final and will be graded. Yet Kafatos said he dislikes giving grades. "I think the fact that we are not trying to fight all our battles in this course is important," Kafatos said...
Students could also note on their transcripts that they had chosen to see their grades in only one form, such as passfail. This last point is designed to protect students from prospective employers who may think a student on pass-fail is concealing poor grades...
...advantage of this system over mandatory pass-fail is that it does not penalize the student who happens to want grades," said Bruce M. Bakerman, a member of the committee...