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A hill to add a plus gradinj
system lo ISC's present gradinj
\wi5> pruposeu anu \va:
passed by the student senate.
The plus system would add th(
grades B4, C-f and D-+ to the
grading system. A H4 gradec
would be a very good grade or- a
:i.5, a (M would stand for above
average grade or a 2.5, a I) 4 would
stand for a below average grade or
a 1.5 CJPK.
The plus system of grading
passed in the student senate last
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to pass the bill by a slim majority.
( OI.l.KKN I'AHlt V. chairman of
the Academic Affairs Committee
and proponents of the bill, said that
in order lo limit the possibility of
the bill failing again in the faculty
senate a poll of students will bo
conducted.
According to a student senate
bill, a professional interviewer,
Judy Dubose will t>e hired to
conduct the poll for a maximum of
Slf)0
Pain said the bill was proposed
because she said she felt many
students would want system ki
help gel a nunc indica'. iv upr.
However, Senator Pam \\ 11s ol
the student senate said that tlu
system nugnt not work well
because not all professors go by the
same grading system, and the plus
system might not accurately
Dropouts
ri urn |fa^c i
withdrew or tailed a
course, it was simply not recorded
on his transcript. Because with
this procedure a student never
really failed a course, grades
never went below 2.0.
S1NCK I97.">, the university has
had the philosophy a student
should be able to sample a course
without being penalized il he droos
it or changes classes," Trotter
said "Under the no credit grading
system, when you drop a course
before t he free drop date, you
received no credit for the course,
but also receive no penalty."
Clemson University has a much
smaller dropout rate than I SC. ()1
the 11,274 students enrolled at
Clemson this year, only 204 withdrew.
Paul Kidler, director of the
footer for undeclared majors, saio
a large percentage of those
students who do drop out return l<
sch(H)l later. "Most students win
drop out use the time betweer
when they leave the university ant
return to solve the problems that
caused them to leave he said.
"Students who left for financia,
reasons, lor example, will work
until I hey have the sufficient easl
to return."
"A I.OT o| the Ireshmen uli<
leave aren't ready lor tht
academic pressures, and are jusl
not ready to go to school yet.'
1- idler said. "They'll usually work
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years and then return to schoo
with a new outlook on it and then
reason for being there. Vou'l
usually lind an entirely differem
pattern of academic success witl
these students.
There are too many student!
who are working and studying a
the same time, in my opinion.'
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at the number of students actual);
doing this. They'll work 25 to
hours a week and then get into ;
hind L'radr u iso I would miu'l
rather see the students get a loai
now or work before coming ti
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J HOWIOVKH, PAH 11V said the ado
' grading system will be used at the T
5 discretion of the professor. hav
Dean of Students, Robert Bra
> Alexander will hold the bill in his sen,
> office until the poll is completed Pre
I and it will be released to the bef(
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