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William Bleveans: UCLA must reform grading policies to reinvigorate learning on campus

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Finals week has us all stressed, and UCLA’s grading policies are to blame. UCLA’s letter grading model is nothing novel. Students are required to take their major-required classes for a letter grade, and those in good academic standing can take a limited number of nonmajor classes as pass/no pass per quarter.

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William Bleveans: UCLA must reform grading policies to reinvigorate learning on campus

By William Bleveans

May 29, 2017 8:20 p.m.