Re: [MATHEDCC] graduation requirements

Tom Sutton (suttont@OPERATNS.MOHAWKC.ON.CA)
Thu, 08 May 1997 16:52:15 -0400

lerchc@bc.edu wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> I am going to have a busy summer with the committes I signed up for, so I hope
> you can help on this topic as well.
>
> We have been discussing a problem with the graduation requirement of a GPA of
> 2.0. A student with a C- average would not be able to graduate without
> permission of the Academic Dean. We have been discussing changing the
> requirement to 1.75. I have concerns about lowering requirements but I also
> agree with the Dean that the students who have worked hard to overcome one bad
> semester are caught by this requirement.
>
> Weighting the first semester would help many of these students, but if the poor
> grades come in one of the other three a weighting system would not help.
>
> Since a 2.0 seems to be the normal graduation requirement, does anyone else run
> into this problem? If so, what do you do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carol Lerch
>
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TRY PERCENTS!!
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Tom Sutton
Statistics Coordinator
Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
suttont@operatns.mohawkc.on.ca
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