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MIT Faculty Newsletter  
Vol. XVIII No. 1
September / October 2005
contents
So, Just What Does an MIT Provost Do?
Taking Responsibility
An Agenda for the Year Ahead
Teaching this fall? You should know . . .
Impact of Homeland Security Restrictions
on U.S. Academic Institutions
Expedition to "Mars on Earth"
An Update from the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons
Computation for Design and Optimization:
A New SM Program in the School of Engineering
Why Didn't They Hear the Sea Calling?
The Fund for the Graduate Community
Newsletter to Unrestrict Website
A reputation for integrity
A Letter to President Hockfield
President Hockfield's Response
Classroom Scheduling 101
MIT Professors Make Top 100 (Worst) List
Academic Computing: An Equilibrium
of Services for Education
Distribution of Faculty by Age
[October 2004]
2005 Graduate Admissions
and Yield by School
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Teaching this fall? You should know . . .

the faculty regulates examinations and assignments for all subjects.

Check the Web at http://web.mit.edu/faculty/termregs

Questions: Contact Faculty Chair Lorna Gibson at x3-7107
or ljgibson@mit.edu

First and Third Week of the Term

By the end of the first week of classes, you must provide a clear and complete description of:

  • required work, including the number and kinds of assignments;
  • an approximate schedule of tests and due dates for major projects;
  • whether or not there will be a final examination; and
  • grading criteria.

By the end of the third week , you must provide a precise schedule of tests and major assignments.

Tests Outside Scheduled Class Times:

  • may begin no earlier than 7:30 p.m ., when held in the evening;
  • may not be held on Monday evenings;
  • may not exceed two hours in length; and
  • must be scheduled through the Schedules Office.

No Testing During the Last Week of Classes

Tests after Friday, December 9 must be scheduled in the Finals Period.

   
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