HARVARD LAW STUDENTS PROTEST NEW GRADING POLICY.Discusses the protest staged by students on the adoption of a grading policy at the Law School of Harvard University on May 7, 1983. Details on how students are graded traditionally; Reaction of the president of the Law School Council....
Due to the COVID – 19 there are some changes in the admission process. Harvard Law School is adopting a universal credit/fail grading policy this spring.The student will not be penalized in the HLS admissions process if his/ her undergraduate institution has adopted mandatory pass/fail grading...
Brennan included an optional form titled “Harvard College Grading Policy - UC Feedback.” The form asks students to rank three grading models —“Universal Pass/Fail,”“Opt-in Pass/Fail,” and “Double A” — as their first, second, or third choice. Under an opt-in pass-fail model, ...
Ilya Somin
Grading is highly subjective but preparation for life. Recommend however that cases, researchers and professors immerse themselves in business management before they attempt to talk about it through catchy phrases. Another weakness is that HBS is playing perennial catch/up and prepares grads poorly for...
This exchange prompted Dershowitz to push for anonymous grading at Harvard Law, a policy change that resulted in a dramatic increase in women’s grades. “But they’re still not high enough,” Dershowitz said. Though Minow has refused to release data on the gender breakdown of grades, professo...
Grading is highly subjective but preparation for life. Recommend however that cases, researchers and professors immerse themselves in business management before they attempt to talk about it through catchy phrases. Another weakness is that HBS is playing perennial catch/up and prepares grads poorly for...
Students at the Law School have shown that advocacy plays a central role in guaranteeing equitable grading. The UC leadership cannot risk its negotiating credibility with such an unlikely proposal, especially when more probable and beneficial proposals are on the table. But Harvard has to go above...
The flood of honors continued unchecked until the 2001-2002 academic year, when the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) began one of Harvard’s periodic reviews of its grading practices. Discussions with each department revealed “considerable concern” with the system, launching internal deliberations ...
Alyssa Huang ’24, who worked as a CS50 TF for two semesters, says the course provides a wealth of resources for teaching. “There was a pretty robust TF’ing system – they had solutions, they had section notes that were pre-prepared for us, and very clear grading guidelines,” she ...