November 19, 2004
Academics Call for Overhaul of Britain's 200-Year-Old Classification System
Britain's 200-year-old classification system for university degrees "has outlived its usefulness," in part because so many students receive top honors, concludes a new report commissioned by the British government.
The highest level of attainment in a British degree program is now a first, followed by an upper second, a lower second, a third, a pass, and a fail. Each university sets its own standards for the different classifications, with some, for example, taking into account course
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