Harper College - Halcyon Yearbook (Palatine, IL)

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xiq.3 .if'Q1 - 'fi tiff. yew?-i' 'C wi. i s 'J .' ? it1ia:s'42sHsffts1r2ie1 sNnU X' 1 - ,fit f 0 Donn B. Stansbury, Registrar l wish to commend the student body for their interest in Harper 's grading system and to compliment them for approaching desired changes through the appropriate channels, l would support the recommendation of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars to have all course worle attempted reflected on the students permanent record. The recommendation does not state that all grades earned must be included in the cumlative grade point average. lf Harper approves a repeat policy only one of the computing the cumulative grade point average. l support the new policy which extended the length of time a student was allowed to drop a course and receive a W , lam confident that additional changes in the grad- ing structure will be considered when appropriate research reflects the changes would beneht the members of our student body. .- ,vs felt they had not used the system long enough for a reasonable determination. ln reply to letter sent out recently to other schools regarding the acceptability of credits from an A-B-C no-credit institution, the following schools, among other replied positively: Univer- sity of California at Berkeleyg Harvardg Univer- sity of Mischigang University ofChicagog Northerng University of lllinois fby telephonelg and South- ern lllinois University. This indicates that junior Colleges can have more liberal grading systems than four year schools and their students will not run into problems transferring credits. It has become increasingly obvious that a true evaluation of one's acquistion of knowledge is impossible on any standardized form. lt is import- ant that all educators and administrators think rationally enough to recognize this fact. ln a truly educational system a student will be allowed to move at his own pace on his own curriculla in an area which he has chosen to delve into, not one into which some harried counselor has thrown him - continued on page 54 7

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