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Tag: grades


Struggling to connect

Editorial cartoon.
  • Lucy Wess
  • December 8, 2022

Students petition UMD to return to pass/fail grading for hybrid semester

The university returned to its standard grading policy this semester, despite many students remaining virtual.
  • Freelance Reporter
  • October 29, 2020

When grades don’t matter, what does?

What is the guideline for how much we’re supposed to care for anything nowadays?
  • Manuela López Restrepo
  • August 18, 2020

UMD reopens portal for students to opt for letter grades

The portal for opting into letter grades initially closed on May 12.
  • Clara Longo de Freitas
  • May 21, 2020

The new #SeeMeUMD is asking admin for more academic protections during COVID-19

The proposed protections aim to keep students from failing their online classes.
  • Lyna Bentahar
  • May 13, 2020

Many classes are giving open-book exams during quarantine. Why stop when it’s over?

Open-book exams should continue long after the pandemic ends.
  • Kevin Hu
  • April 30, 2020

UMD made the semester pass-fail. The SGA wants the only options to be A and A minus.

SGA voted 23-13 in favor of the "Double A" grading system during a virtual meeting last night.
  • Amanda Hernández
  • March 27, 2020

UMD students, professors say new grading system accommodates strain amid pandemic

Students can make the choice until the last day of classes.
  • Diamondback Staff
  • March 26, 2020

The new Testudo site will be open 24/7 — but it won’t be online for at least 5 more years

UMD is considering two vendors — Oracle and Workday — to replace Testudo.
  • Clara Longo de Freitas
  • November 25, 2019

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