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ERIC Number: EJ603574
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Santa Cruz Moves To Require Letter Grades and Debates What It Will Lose as a Result.
Schneider, Alison
Chronicle of Higher Education, v46 n27 pA18-A19 Mar 10, 2000
Reports on a recent vote of the faculty senate at the University of California at Santa Cruz to institute mandatory letter grades instead of continuing its innovative narrative evaluation system. Reasons include effects on student recruitment, graduate school admissions, and employer considerations. Notes strong opposition from students and alumni. (DB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Pass Fail Grading, State Universities, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: University of California Santa Cruz