Grading for accuracy is archaic. It’s time for labor-based grading.
Through its assessment of effort, labor-based grading is a fair way to grade UMD students
UMD students appreciate spring pass/fail option but say it’s long overdue
"Why couldn’t they have done it last semester?”
UMD implemented pass/fail to save face, not to save students
Why doesn’t UMD actually care about its students?
UMD President Darryll Pines says decision not to offer pass/fail system is final
Since the grading policy announcement, opposition has been fierce.
UMD students aren’t giving up the fight for a pass/fail grading option
Organizers held a student forum and launched a survey that's garnered more than 1,600 responses.
“Cold shoulder”: Students blast UMD administration for grading decision at town hall
The town hall comes days after the university announced it would not implement pass/fail grading this fall.
UMD can’t pretend it knows what’s best for students when it comes to fall grading
UMD's withdrawal extension is not an adequate substitute for a pass/fail system.
SGA unanimously passes resolution asking UMD to reconsider pass/fail decision
UMD instead extended the deadline for students to withdraw from a class by three weeks.
