Word: pass-fail
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...Faculty is almost certain not to vote immediate approval of the fourth-course pass-fail plan at its meeting next Tuesday...
...plan would allow students to count pass-fail courses for concentration "with the permission of the department concerned...
...proposal comes before the Faculty at its meeting next Tuesday. If the Faculty approves the CEP's wording, the problem of deciding how widely students will be able to use the pass-fail option will be thrown directly into the department's laps...
Most of the chairmen contacted, like Stein, thought pass-fail courses should be allowed to count for concentration, but a few others thought restriction could be justified. "With tutorial and independent study already available, it would be best to use pass-fail to encourage people to take courses outside their field," Stephen Williams, Chairman of the Anthropology Department said...
...When I was in college I couldn't take pass-fail courses in my field, and I thought it was pretty silly," Robert P. Levine, acting chairman of the Biology Department said. "Now, I'm not sure. Some toughly graded courses might be hurt by a rush of pass-fail students. Right now, I'm confused...