Time for overhaul of writing exam, curriculum
From start to finish, the 2005 English Composition exam was a disaster. (See Story, Page 1.) The English Department warned in August 2004 that it would no longer grade the O-Week exams. But the committee tasked with revamping the exam, the University Standing Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum, left the issue to fester until five administrators scrambled for a solution in June 2005 -- much too late.
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