Reactions to Grading Report

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Published Jan. 21, 2016

“Although these targets were not quotas per se, the dean’s office clearly intended that department chairs implement them, not simply recommend them.” — English professor Esther Schor

“I don’t think we can give students high grades just to lower their stress level.” — Physics professor Daniel Marlow

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“If all my students deserve good grades, I should be the first one to know that, not somebody else establishing policy from beyond.” — Art and archaeology professor Jerome Silbergeld

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“If it’s to be left to departments, I would describe that as an act of despair ­— in other words, I think it’s giving up.” — Professor Stanley Katz, Woodrow Wilson School

Photo: Brandon Holt ’15

“I think the shift away from quotas will have a huge impact on the student body.” — Shawon Jackson ’15, USG president

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