There should be a guideline/rule for the SIPASA election. Last year, posters were excessive (and environmentally unfriendly!), and mass-mailing using list-serves should be discouraged. There's a proper election guideline at some schools such as the Business school.
I took the course History of International Relations during my 1st semester at SIPA (Spring 2006). This is a course from the History Department. The professor there repeated many times that he will grade the exam not only on the substance but also on the style. This means foreign students and students for whom English is a 2d language will be in a very disadvantaged position. Most students in this class are American students from undergraduate classes. This means their English is almost perfect. Foreign students were admitted based on TOEFL which is the test of English as Second Language, not as a Native Language. For those students presenting the substance of the matter is enough. I am a student coming from France. When I was at the University in France, I had classmates who are Americans. We were all graded based on the substance not the style. If we were graded based on the style, I am sure American students will be disadvanged compare to French students. Could this issue be addressed so that foreign students will not have to suffer injustice? Columbia is a University with a large component of foreign students coming from all over the world. They were mostly admitted based on the TOEFL. They should not be expected to write English like a native.
May we have better quality food? And some variety? When I'm busy and just want to get a quick bite, I end up seriously debating whether the stuff in the vending machines is better than what is for sale on the 6th floor.
8 comments:
Why is that in conceptual foundations the class can never start on time because of the exact same microphone issues come up every single class?
There should be a guideline/rule for the SIPASA election. Last year, posters were excessive (and environmentally unfriendly!), and mass-mailing using list-serves should be discouraged. There's a proper election guideline at some schools such as the Business school.
Could someone explain what is the situation with coffee at the IAB? It just seems not very logical...
In case we don't know what to do, I suggest we call Howard Schultz to see if he is able to help us...
I took the course History of International Relations during my 1st semester at SIPA (Spring 2006). This is a course from the History Department. The professor there repeated many times that he will grade the exam not only on the substance but also on the style. This means foreign students and students for whom English is a 2d language will be in a very disadvantaged position. Most students in this class are American students from undergraduate classes. This means their English is almost perfect. Foreign students were admitted based on TOEFL which is the test of English as Second Language, not as a Native Language. For those students presenting the substance of the matter is enough. I am a student coming from France. When I was at the University in France, I had classmates who are Americans. We were all graded based on the substance not the style. If we were graded based on the style, I am sure American students will be disadvanged compare to French students. Could this issue be addressed so that foreign students will not have to suffer injustice? Columbia is a University with a large component of foreign students coming from all over the world. They were mostly admitted based on the TOEFL. They should not be expected to write English like a native.
May we have better quality food? And some variety? When I'm busy and just want to get a quick bite, I end up seriously debating whether the stuff in the vending machines is better than what is for sale on the 6th floor.
Please make all resources that were made available to the earlier 'admits' available to the people you admitted later.
Orientation should spend more time on the overall program and the next two years, rather than how to register for classes.
fix those staplers and hole punchers please!
Post a Comment