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Students Debate Achievement Index
Date: 11/17/2008 05:28 pm
Students at the University of North Carolina are in the midst of a heated debate on a new system of ranking students, the Achievement Index. Instead of a GPA, which measures grade point average, the Achievement Index would take into account not only the student's performance in a class, but also his/her peers' performances, creating a ranking system that pits students against one another. Students have voiced their opinions about the AI, and some have started a petition against it.
