Student Memo Regarding Pass/D/Fail
| by Jeff Cason, Sujata Moorti, and Suzanne Gurland
We are writing to honor the recent lively discussions regarding evaluation of student work for this semester, and to settle firmly where we stand.
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| by Jeff Cason, Sujata Moorti, and Suzanne Gurland
We are writing to honor the recent lively discussions regarding evaluation of student work for this semester, and to settle firmly where we stand.
| by Jeff Cason, Sujata Moorti, and Suzanne Gurland
We are writing to honor the recent lively discussions regarding evaluation of student work for this semester, and to settle firmly where we stand.
| by Jeff Cason and Sujata Moorti
As we enter the second week of our extended spring break, we hope that this message finds you healthy and safe. We, along with your faculty, have been preparing for remote learning, which will begin next Monday, the 30th. This brief message provides you with important information regarding the resumption of classes.
| by Jeff Cason and Sujata Moorti
It feels like we have been managing the issues connected to the COVID-19 pandemic for months, and to some degree we have been. But our challenges accelerated 13 days ago when we decided to start spring break early and make plans to teach remotely. We know all of you have been scrambling to figure out how to teach remotely. Thank you for these efforts, which have required you to completely rethink how you have done your job for a year, or how you have done it for years or decades. This has been challenging for all of us.
| by Suzanne Gurland, Jeff Cason, and Sujata Moorti
Dear Faculty Colleagues, as promised, we are writing with specific information regarding the scheduling of classes once they resume on March 30. Before stating the resolution of our deliberations, we would like to explain the relevant context. We have decided on our way forward after significant consultation, with department chairs and program directors and with the academic continuity group. We recognize that there is no ideal solution to our upcoming schedule, but we have tried to come to the best available solution.
| by Suzanne Gurland, Jeff Cason, and Sujata Moorti
Dear Students, as promised, we are writing with specific information regarding the scheduling of classes once they resume on March 30, and to explain the reasoning for the changes we are making.
| by Jeff Cason and Sujata Moorti
As we step into this unprecedented territory of remote teaching, we wanted to share with you a number of decisions we have made regarding academic work for our students for the remainder of the semester.
| by Jeff Cason and Sujata Moorti
We recognize that the last week has been an extraordinary one, one in which we have all had to dramatically change the way we think about our communities and our connections to one another. We hope that as most of you have left campus, your journeys went as smoothly as possible, given the circumstances. And we hope that you have at least begun to settle into your new, and unanticipated, living arrangements.
| by Jeff Cason and Sujata Moorti
Once again, we want to reiterate our appreciation for your willingness to pivot so quickly to new ways of teaching following spring break. We know that many faculty colleagues have been working overtime to reimagine their courses, and that this work will continue in the coming weeks. What we are dealing with is unprecedented for us, and we just wanted to acknowledge, again, the scale of the task in front of us all.
| by Jeff Cason and Sujata Moorti
Thank you for your understanding and flexibility as we all work through the challenge of limiting the risk of exposure to and spread of COVID-19. We recognize that we are asking you midway through the semester to completely rethink how you teach.