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From: dant@mrloog.LA.TEK.COM (Dan Tilque;1893;92-101;)
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Subject: Re: Posting grades (Was Re: Student and Course Integrity)
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Date: 19 Dec 88 06:23:02 GMT
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Rahul Dhesi writes:
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>Educators don't want students comparing each others' grades too freely,
>lest they (the students) discover how inconsistent grading often is.

I don't think so.  Grades are not publicly availiable just in case the
student is planning on running for Vice-President someday.  (For
foreigners who don't understand the allusion: in our recent election,
there was a little tempest-in-a-teapot (i.e. media invented controversy)
about the unwillingness of the current VP-elect to release his law school
grades.)

>And in business, salaries are confidential for the same reason.

Now, here, you are right.

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