Word: pass-fail
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...Harvard Policy Committee yesterday sent Dean Ford a new pass-fail proposal. It recommended that students be allowed to take an ungraded course each semester either as part of their normal four-course load, or as a fifth course...
...last Fall drew up a proposal to have just the fifth course pass-fail. But the new HPC, which took office at the beginning of the semester, was not satisfied with its predecessor's recommendation. They dropped it after it had gotten over a major Administration hurdle -- approval by the Committee on Educational Policy...
Henry R. Norr '68, chairman of the HPC, explained last night why his committee prefers the fourth course plan. One of the main purposes of pass-fail is to encourage students to experiment in courses outside their field of competence that they would not risk taking for a grade, he said. "But if pass-fail means an extra burden -- a fifth course -- it is not likely to foster much experimentation," Norr concluded...
...when he spoke, it was usually on behalf of student ideas and interests. Before the Faculty and within the Administration, he has argued for student positions on parietals, off-campus living, and matters of educational policy such as pass-fail and General Education. Monro was among the first to suggest that the HPC investigate the language requirement. He has ardently supported the efforts of both the HPC and HUC to gain a permanent niche in the decision-making process of the University. And, in general, he has sought means for giving students a more effective voice in policy-making. Recently...
...course it would probably have to be a fifth course, pass-fail or not. But the Harrad students take their "Human Values" course, as you know, at night after returning from normal classes at the established educational institutions in the Boston area. Admittedly their coed rooms might spur them to the higher academic efforts, but Harvard students could muddle through until the lessons of the new courses led to similar housing practices...