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Florida universities expand pass/fail grading due to the coronavirus

| 3/26/2020

Florida universities expand pass/fail grading due to the coronavirus

Three of Florida’s largest universities announced Tuesday the expansion of pass/fail grading due to the coronavirus, following petitions signed by tens of thousands of students urging officials to do so. Pass/fail grading, also known as S/U grading, allows a student to take a course and receive one of two grades: satisfactory, which means passing, or unsatisfactory, which means failing. The measure is usually used only for select classes but will now be available at the University of South Florida, Florida State University and the University of Central Florida to most students who apply.[Source: Tampa Bay Times]

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