However, please do not cut and paste this exact document into an e-mail or letter since the faculty have already seen it. If you write to the faculty, please use your own words. This is more powerful. Click here to help. The faculty senate has never before approved legislation that would so significantly degrade the quality of the education at UC Santa Cruz.
Students overwhelmingly support narratives.
Alumni consistently cite these as one of the defining elements of their education. There is no pedigogical reason to support grades instead of narratives. In fact, the narrative approach should be exported to other UCs where students complain of grade inflation and the inhumanity of the education. Faculty have tough jobs. The administration needs to better support narratives, particularly with training and additional academic support.