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Back in 2005, with reader discussion. I'll open comments here in case any readers want to comment on changes in the interim.
I've always found the stories of graduate faculty routinely not reading seminar papers quite remarkable. (I understand that even the best of us occasionally forget things and need pestering).
A modest proposal: departments require from seminar instructors written documentation that their paper marking is complete, and do not assign seminars to those instructors with outstanding documentation.
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