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Letter to the Editor: Writing practice should be ongoing

By David Gorman | October 29, 2015

Concerning writing requirements in upper-division courses, I have two points.First, the recent PLUS recommendations do not involve creating a raft of courses for students to take outside of courses they would take anyway. Mostly what is involved is setting...

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Students react to the plus/minus grading system

By Jessica Sabbah | March 1, 2011

DeKALB | Students have mixed feelings about the implementation of the proposed plus/minus grading system. "I'm on the fence about it because last semester it would have benefited me, but now this semester I'm doing well," said Jasmine Crespo, freshman...

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