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Dear Professor James,<br>
I write with enthusiastic support for the P/F model to finish our tumultuous Spring semester.<br>
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While I admit that I am interested in the experimental modes that may be imagined and even implemented in the scramble that will continue to burden every employee of the university in the coming weeks, I do not feel that it is appropriate to share this burden
with our students.<br>
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As instructors and professors across the campus roll-out experimental pedagogical strategies and technologies, I feel it is unfair to our students to ask that they not only play along as good-sports in these experiments, but also ask that they perform as scholars
to be evaluated by a traditional grading matrix, that was only applicable in a much more stable educational environment (if even then).
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This seems a minor generosity for us to extend to our students and I hope that our colleagues across the Fine and Performing Arts work group will agree. <br>
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Thank you for collecting faculty feedback.<br>
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-Clint</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Art-faculty <art-faculty-bounces@lists.fsu.edu> on behalf of Stephanie James via Art-faculty <art-faculty@lists.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 16, 2020 6:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Art Faculty <art-faculty@lists.fsu.edu>; art-instructors@lists.fsu.edu <art-instructors@lists.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Art-faculty] Grading S/U or P/F</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi all,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Fine and Performing Arts work group is meeting again tomorrow at 1:00 and I have just this minute been given the task of
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">gathering your thoughts. What are the pros and cons, questions about how it might work, and possible barrier that we would need to address if we were to move to S/U or P/F instead of letter grades for this
semester? Please, if you have time send me your thoughts. I want to push for it being a choice that you make – many of you have already completed a significant amount of grading and may not want to abandon it, however it will also be difficult to navigate
the nuances of the grading matrices when students are working remotely. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Let me know</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Stephanie James</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chair, Department of Art</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">College of Fine Arts</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Florida State University</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tel: (850) 644-8254</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: sljames@fsu.edu</span></p>
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