GPA
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"As long as its standardized across
the board, I could care less," he said.
In an effort to prevent grade infla
tion and answer questions of fair
ness in grading, the Charles H.
Lundquist College of Business im
plemented a new guideline last fall
to ensure student grades stay within
certain ranges.
As the first policy of its kind in the
business school's 108-year history,
the standards outline average grade
point ranges by class type and re
quire professors to ensure that over
all class GPAs fall within set models.
For the most part, average GPAs for
undergraduate pre-business classes
should fall between 2.3 and 2.8,
while GPAs for undergraduate core
classes in the major program should
fall between 2.6 and 3.1.
Despite defined limitations, Asso
ciate Dean Dale Morse said the sys
tem is truly based on fairness.
"Once students understand the
meaning of this system, they appre
ciate it more," he said. "But we've
got the consistency we've been
looking for."
Although not all professors have
followed the one-year-old system
"to the letter," Morris said only
about two percent have been al
lowed to give higher grades to pro
vide a more accurate grade point
average. However, the system has
been extremely beneficial to new
teachers who would otherwise have
to create a personal grading system,
Morris said.
Where some professors might
have used percentage grades, which
involve borderline decisions and ex
tra credit, Morris said they now have
more specific limits on how to ap
proach grading.
"When professors have too many
A's, they now have to re-adjust the
curriculum to make things harder,"
he said. "They can also defend them
selves when students think they have
graded too harshly."
Charles H. Lundquist marketing
Professor Del Hawkins said he has
never been accused of giving out too
many A's. After receiving numerous
student requests to have grades
changed for the better, Hawkins said
the new system will not really affect
his current teaching style, which
some consider to be a bit harsh.
"My class should fall into the set
range without the need for adjust
ments," he said.
Hawkins said the designated GPA
range for students in his fall term in
troductory business course is 2.7 to
3.2. In his 33 years as a business pro
fessor at the University, Hawkins
said he calls the set range "huge,"
which is why it should stand as an
effective guideline.
"If you get an average above or be
yond that there's a problem," he added.
Considering that the improved
GPA system is designed to tackle ex
cessively high and low grading prob
lems, I lawkins said the whole idea of
the system is "spectacularly sound."
"The number one predictor of a
grade used to be the section students
were in," he said. "The new system is
designed to make the process fair, and
I think that's a commendable effort."
But for the students who can't
make the grade to become approved
business majors, the relatively new
grading system isn't so great.
"Classes have been a lot harder over
the last year," senior Heather Low
said. "But it's still worth it."
As a pre-business major, Low said
she has yet to obtain the 2.75 GPA re
quired to enter the school and has
seen more business major friends
switch majors than stick with it. And
although she admits the system has
some good intentions, she said it's
been quite a setback in her experience.
"I would think it would be better
if each teacher had their own sys
tem," she said.
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LILLIS
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"There isn't a lot of space for profes
sors because all the amenities are for
the students," he said. "Lillis is a very
student-friendly facility."
Although business faculty and
staff will move into the complex im
mediately, Murray said no business
classes will be held in Lillis until Jan.
5 because technicians need a little
more time to smooth out some tech
nology kinks.
"The entire building incorporates
cutting-edge technology," he said.
"We just need to work the bugs out."
The complex's four-story atrium
also features teams of photovoltaic
panels, which generate a portion of
the facility's electricity needs. Class
rooms and offices can be used almost
year-round without electric lighting
while "smart" lighting adjusts to day
light levels and sensors turn off lights
and other non-essential items. In ad
dition, low-flow water fixtures have
been installed, along with an "eco
roof' that will use rain to grow benefi
cial vegetation, such as succulents.
r
Murray said people shouldn't just
see today's celebration as the end of a
long process.
"This is the beginning of everything
we want to accomplish in this busi
ness school," he said. "I'm beyond
thrilled."
Lillis program manager Mick
Westrick said he has mixed feelings
about the opening.
"I've worked hard to see this build
ing finished, but it is also a culmina
tion of the last two years of my life,"
he said.
Westrick said less than 200 folding
chairs are set up in front of the cere
mony stage, though he expects twice
as many people to attend throughout
the day. One key factor that will help
draw a big crowd after the ceremony
is the free lunch, Westrick said.
"We've ordered 400 hot dogs and
we're servin' 'em 'til they're gone,"
he said.
Those who can't attend the ribbon
cutting ceremony or the free lunch
can embark on self-guided building
tours all afternoon or follow small
duck feet attached to the ground to
different facility features.
As a key participant in this morn
ing's ceremony, University President
Dave Frohnmayer said he is excited to
be a part of the event.
"(Lillis) is both the product of the
largest fund-raising effort for an aca
demic building in our university's his
tory and a facility that literally grew .
out of the innovative curriculum of
our Lundquist College of Business,"
he said in a press release. "We will
point to the Lillis Complex with pride
for many years to come."
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