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We allow one repeat, a third attempt only with special permission.
But honestly, if a student fails once* they almost always fail again.

*Unless there was a big disruption/something outside of their control (e.g. medical crisis) that is now resolved.

Quote from: apl68 on May 03, 2024, 08:06:55 AMThe Surgeon of Crowthorne, by Simon Winchester.  As much as anything, this is a love letter to the Oxford English Dictionary.  The print version of the OED, which I recall using some in grad school, is an awe-inspiring work.  Multiple, vast, well-produced volumes, filled with hundreds of thousands of words, each with a painstaking etymology and numerous quotes tracing its assorted definitions and shades of meaning down through the centuries.  Though the first edition was not completed until the 1920s, it was in origin a fantastically ambitious Victorian project. 

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Sounds like this is a retitling of The Professor and the Madman which I enjoyed a while back!

Yes, I always use .docx. Earlier versions of Word are compatible with later ones, but not necessarily vice versa (some fonts, in particular, may not exist in previous versions, and when the document converts to the earlier version you can get weird stuff. Especially if you use non-Latin characters or mathematical symbols.

Or you can send a pdf, which will always display correctly.

I do not see how this bill does that, there are the same checks and balances that exist in any and all administrative actions.

Other community colleges in NYS are going through the same thing. Rockland County community college announced similar measures in April and the numbers do not lie, with %50 decline in enrollment since covid-19 the budget must be cut.

Quote from: Myword on May 10, 2024, 10:54:05 AMThose of you who use Word 2019 and newer, which document file do you use for your
papers? A list is offered, including Worddocument, Open XL and many others. What's the difference?
 I ask because
 I sent a paper to a editor and she said it cpntained garbage encoded nonsense,
using XL. So I had to paste the whole text and send it. Okay for now, she said.
   I never saw coded nonsense in my work.   I use Word365 new. PC.

Was the DOS extension of your submitted MS Word file .docx  ?

Always use .docx

Which holiday?  Passover?  Only the most devout, I think, need this excuse.
Sounds like a weak reason. Students should plan around it as their own responsibility.
They have no proof?

Take points off.

Those of you who use Word 2019 and newer, which document file do you use for your
papers? A list is offered, including Worddocument, Open XL and many others. What's the difference?
 I ask because
 I sent a paper to a editor and she said it cpntained garbage encoded nonsense,
using XL. So I had to paste the whole text and send it. Okay for now, she said.
   I never saw coded nonsense in my work.   I use Word365 new. PC.

Quote from: apl68 on May 10, 2024, 07:36:22 AMIt's not at all hard to see how a large institution could have a need for chaplains and associations to serve many different faith groups.  And yes, the Jewish and Muslim groups have no doubt had a lot to do lately.  As long as they're taking care of their people and not getting in each others' face.

I hope the chaplains are counseling against that sort of behavior!

As far as I know, protesting students who miss class are not claiming religious reasons. Glad the chaplains are not charged with writing such notes!

Quote from: treeoflife on May 09, 2024, 02:11:37 PM

Quote from: jimbogumbo on May 09, 2024, 01:46:49 PMI assumed they meant (rightly, in my opinion) it would be problematic for a political appointee to do this merely because someone complains. For example, University of Florida loses non-profit status because random Dem congressperson complains to WH.

There are relevant measures within the framework of administrative law to deal with misuse of executive power. Non for profit status is given by administrative action and should be taken also. The idea that the IRS will need to go to court to strip 501(c)(3) status is ludicrous. I guess the ACLU director wants the IRS to spend more time and money to strip the status from those who abuse it.

I completely agree. This bill, however, would allow the Secretary of the Treasury to do so without any of the normal checks and balances. I think that is cause for alarm, especially in light of other initiatives being undertaken by one of the likely candidates for President.