Word: pass-fail
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...Nemesis: Pass-Fail...
...nemesis, which hung it up for a year, was pass-fail. It wreaked any amount--depending on who is relating the story--of damage to the committee's morale, prestige, and future...
...Harvard Policy Committee has strenthened the case for pass-fail here by finally coming up with a reasonable plan for implementing it. Last year's HPC proposed a plan, later retracted, which would have permitted only students who were taking five courses to have one pass-fail...
...time, it seemed like a good idea; in retrospect, its defects are more conspicuous than its advantages. It would never have reached the one group of students pass-fail is supposed to help most--those who have to work hard getting good grades in their regular courses. In effect, it would have rewarded students for doing more work, negating the very advantages it set out to create...
...plan, which would permit any student to take one of his courses pass-fail, makes much more sense. It is worthy of the Faculty's support, and it should get that support sometime within the next few months, so that pass-fail can be a reality by this Fall...