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There is one mentioned in the top comment, St. John's.
by lkschubert8 5y ago
There is one mentioned in the top comment, St. John's.
- CrazyStat 5y agoReed College is another famous example, and Brown University allowed students to take all classes as pass/fail.
- WalterBright 5y ago> Brown University allowed students to take all classes as pass/fail Meaning they're still taking exams. "The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor" https://www.reed.edu/about-reed/history.html https://www.reed.edu/about-reed/history.html Demonstrate rigor sounds like tests. "Among the requirements for the major are successful performance on a junior qualifying examination, completion of a yearlong senior thesis based on original research or artistic expression, and a successful oral defense of the thesis before an interdisciplinary faculty board." Testing is definitely done.
- CrazyStat 5y agoI was answering a question about grades, not tests. Also "demonstrate rigor" absolutely does not imply tests. In my undergrad (math) the level of rigor of tests was uniformly (and necessarily) much lower than homework and other assignments without the same time pressure. I would expect the same to be true in many other fields.
- WalterBright 5y agoPass/fail is still a grade, albeit a binary one. Caltech had pass/fail for freshman, and still most everyone felt the pressure at the end of the semester with the final exam looming, and worked hard to pass it. > Also "demonstrate rigor" absolutely does not imply tests. Sure it does.
- CrazyStat 5y agoNo it doesn't.
- WalterBright 5y agoThere are many St John colleges. Please be more specific.
- lkschubert8 5y agoHere's a link https://www.sjc.edu/ https://www.sjc.edu/.