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  2. Manual labor college - Wikipedia

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    A manual labor college was a type of school in the United States, primarily between 1825 and 1860, in which work, usually agricultural or mechanical, supplemented academic activity. The manual labor model was intended to make educational opportunities more widely available to students with limited means, and to make the schools more viable ...

  3. Contract grading - Wikipedia

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    Since instructors have a different perspective on Grade A Level work, personal biases would come into play in percentage based grading. According to a study done in 2001 by William Yarber of Purdue University found that the knowledge attained from courses using grading contract systems is equal to the knowledge attained from traditional grading ...

  4. Policy debate competitions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The same system is used for determining who participates in elimination rounds at the college level, as at the high school level. It is common for tournaments to break to double octa-finals. The deliberation time for the judges in these elimination rounds is often lengthy, hence the need for a full day for the elimination rounds to be completed.

  5. Why SMU edged out Alabama for final spot in College Football ...

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    One year after sneaking into the College Football Playoff, Alabama football was left out of the newly formed 12-team CFP. Entering Selection Sunday on the bubble for the CFP, the Crimson Tide were ...

  6. The making of the 12-team playoff: Inside the historic ... - AOL

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    The concept has taken its share of criticism for a seeding process that disadvantages teams actually ranked higher. For instance, if the playoff was today, No. 12 Clemson and No. 13 Alabama would ...

  7. Grade inflation - Wikipedia

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    The article also stated that some students said they would rather get a score of 50% than do the school work. [38] A March 2, 2009 follow-up article in the same newspaper said that the policy had been amended so that students who refuse to do the work will receive a grade of zero, and that the minimum grade of 50% will only apply to students ...

  8. Fact check: The last Labour government narrowly missed ... - AOL

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    Labour MP Sarah Champion claimed that the former Labour government had committed to end child poverty by 2020 and “was on track to do so”. Evaluation. The last Labour government did set a ...

  9. Culminating project - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of the project is to increase both teaching and learning. High school graduation standards have declined for several decades. School reform or the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 [2] is a way to bring value back to the high school diploma as well as support students as they go out into the world prepared for college, a job, the military, entrepreneurship, internship, or whatever ...