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Author Archives: Itak Moradi
America is depriving students of an education by allowing them to take shortcuts
With last week’s column about grade inflation continuing to linger in my thoughts, I have come to wonder whether other factors can help explain the prevalence of high grades.
Are professors, or for that matter, teachers everywhere, too easy on us?
_Universities should take a pop at grade inflation_
In understanding why A’s are the standard grade in many of my North Campus classes, I have always employed simple physics. As a matter of momentum, wouldn’t good grades in high school simply mean good grades in college?
_URSA enrollment system needs reforms_
Counselor appointments for the day are booked within 30 minutes, UCLA servers are slower than usual, students are wincing at the reminder that going to school means actually having a plan.
Must be enrollment season.
_Students should take advantage of flexible major requirements_
As the dust begins to settle from our university’s financial debacle, many students see their shortened major requirements as the silver lining to the tempest.
Fourth years, the new super seniors?
On Monday, the University of California Commission on the Future met to discuss various ways to cut university costs.
Communicate with your professors
Wondering why you can’t pull an A if you never speak to your professors is kind of like wondering why you lost a game of poker when you had a flush.