Purdue University has decided to move all in-person classes to online classes for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester. On this situation, a petition has been created to encourage the administration to transition all classes for this semester to Pass/Fail. This petition is meant to represent anyone who DISAGREES with the suggestion that classes should transition to Pass/Fail criteria, including (but not limited to) the following reasons:

Most classes would not count towards degree progression if they were made Pass/Fail.

Changing classes to Pass/Fail removes the incentive for students to work hard for their grades, devaluing the Purdue degree and setting students up for failure in future semesters.

Changing classes to Pass/Fail discounts the work already done this semester, and it is not even clear at this time if such a change would be necessary (online classes haven't even started, the other petition is presumptuous).

Students with low GPAs who are working hard to raise them would be screwed because Pass/Fail classes do not impact GPAs.

Other more-specific situations that supports will hopefully share in the comments.

It is for these reasons and more that classes should NOT be made Pass/Fail unless the COVID-19 situation changes significantly enough to require such a change.