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SOCIAL MEDIA ROUND-UP: Email surprises and elven warfare edition
Sunday, 11 March 2012
by Abby Greene
And it’s back: the week in Princeton-related internet happenings… Res college listservs The war continues: Princeton FMLs On (un)common accidents:
Tagged under:
elves, grade deflation, mental health, porn, problem setting, trolls and other equally ugly creatures
Hey Princeton! Saturday Night in the Library Edition
Sunday, 02 October 2011
by Lauren Wyman
Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do–even if that gotta involves spending a Saturday night in a library. UPC hears you out. We’re giving a voice to the voiceless, to those hushed by librarians on Saturday nights, when nobody should ever be working, really. HEY GUY BEHIND THE DESK IN LEWIS BASEMENT! So,
- Published in HEY PRINCETON!
Valerie Smith to replace Nancy Malkiel as dean of the college
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
by Will Saborio
Dean of the college Nancy Malkiel, known to many students as the architect of Princeton’s grade deflation policy, will step down from her position and be replaced by Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature Valerie Smith. Smith, who expanded the University’s interdisciplinary Center for African-American Studies, will take charge of the University’s undergraduate academic program on
- Published in Princeton in the News
Nancy Malkiel To Step Down As Dean
Wednesday, 08 September 2010
by David Walter
Princeton Dean of the College Nancy Weiss Malkiel will step down from her administrative role at the end of this academic year, the school announced in a Wednesday press release. In recent years, Dean Malkiel has become a lightning rod for debate over Princeton’s future due to her role in implementing the school’s grade deflation
- Published in Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
administration, Dean of the College, grade deflation, Malkiel, Nancy Malkiel, Princeton University, scapegoats
USG Proposes New Grade Deflation Policy Letter
Monday, 26 April 2010
by Spencer Gaffney
Do you know what our first, and to date only line of defense is against the fire-breathing academic dragon of grade deflation? A form letter. A piece of paper that earnestly explains why Princeton GPAs are lower than other GPAs, and encourages potential employers and graduate schools to visit the helpful online booklet Grading at
- Published in Politics
Why They Chose Yale: The Sex
Friday, 12 February 2010
by Samantha Pergadia
Yale has a few reasons to be ashamed of itself: We routinely beat them at the U.S. News and World Report game. Our application numbers soared this year while they saw 200 fewer suitors. Despite all this, there is one department in which Elis seem to be more…satisfied…than Princetonians. It’s “Sex Week” at Yale, which
- Published in Princeton in the News
Dean of Admissions at Yale Law: Grade deflation isn’t going to affect your chances
Monday, 01 February 2010
by Angela Wu
Dean of Admissions at Yale Law School Asha Rangappa ’96 said in a comment on the New York Times’ Choice blog today that the much-debated grade deflation policy won’t affect the admission chances of Princeton grads. The comment follows the Times’ Sunday article about grade deflation at Princeton. Rangappa said that admissions officers consider students’
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: NYT On Grade Deflation
Saturday, 30 January 2010
by David Walter
The Times gives its take on the policy most Princeton students love to hate (or just hate): WHEN Princeton University set out six years ago to corral galloping grade inflation by putting a lid on A’s, many in academia lauded it for taking a stand on a national problem and predicted that others would follow. But
- Published in In Print
LIVE BLOGGING: Duking it out with Dean Malkiel, Whig-Clio style
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
by Giri Nathan
[Update 2/7/10: Here’s a write-up of the event in the PAW –BKN] For the first time since 2006, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel– architect of the ever-popular grade deflation policy– will be gracing the Whig-Clio Senate Debate to defend her brainchild. Hordes of deflatees await their chance to duke it out in a public
- Published in Goings On
Harvard Student Says Something a Princetonian Would Never Say: College Is Too Easy!
Monday, 28 September 2009
by Brian No
Imagine a Princeton student saying that the academics here are just too darn easy and that the school should get harder. Why yes, please deflate our grades even more! And can we tackle another JP or two while we’re at it? This, I promise you, is something no Princetonian would ever utter. Which is why
- Published in Musings, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
Academics, extracurriculars, grade deflation, Harvard, Princeton, Princeton University
Grades go down, University celebrates.
Monday, 21 September 2009
by Angela Wu
The proportion of “A” grades received by undergraduates finally dipped under 40 percent last year, the Faculty Committee on Grading reported happily today. A smashing success! Welcome back to school! “A” grades made up only 39.7 percent of undergraduate grades given in the 2008-09 academic year, down more than eight percent from 2002-03, before the
- Published in Goings On
Happy 5th Birthday, Grade Deflation!
Thursday, 30 April 2009
by Brian No
Did you forget? April 26th was grade deflation policy’s birthday! Yes, it’s five years-old already! Parents Malkiel and Tilghman are so proud. Just look at the results!: Average GPAs: Brown: 3.61 Stanford: 3.55 Yale: 3.51 Harvard: 3.45 Penn: 3.44 Dartmouth: 3.42 Columbia: 3.42 Cornell: 3.36 Princeton: 3.28 (source: gradeinflation.com)
- Published in Goings On