December 21, 2001
Dis-Honored at Columbia
Columbia University students who earn slightly better than a B average can look -- and look again -- but they won't find their names on the dean's list anymore.
The university has upped the ante for that honor from a grade-point average of 3.3 to 3.6.
The new figure, which is part of a campaign to fix "grading policy," according to the university, was chosen after professors and administrators determined that only a third of undergraduates would qualify. That proportion was
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