Article: Mailing grades home a thing of the past at U. Alabama

Tracie Troha
University Wire
11-02-1999
(The Crimson White) (U-WIRE) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Did you have problems getting your grades over the summer?

You may not be the only one, according to Kit Perrien, Student Government Association vice president of academic affairs.

"I have heard lots of complaints from students about the Internet and telephone grading service," she said. "Unless you were here on campus over the summer, it was a major problem to get your GPA and transcripts."

Perrien received feedback from parent groups and students who say they like having the grades on the Internet, but it's nice to have a hard copy with the cumulative GPA on it.

"I think it's better to see the grades ...

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