Members of top-tier universities like Brown often cite grade inflation as a major problem. But diagnosing grade inflation as the problem is an archaic way to approach college academics. Grade ...

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From Amanda Bergson-Shilcock's, "A Few Good Words," Fall '99 From Amanda Bergson-Shilcock's, "A Few Good Words," Fall '99College is supposed to emphasize learning but here at Penn we support a system ...

While a professor of statistics at Duke University in the 1990s, Valen E. Johnson devised a sophisticated formula, called the Achievement Index, to get around differences in grading practices among ...

Picture this. You have a chemistry test and begin studying two full days before, leaving adequate time to review unit conversions, empirical formulas and other important content. Thanks to your hard ...

Boston University students say grade deflation – the administrative reaction to years of grade inflation – has become a major problem at the university, and many say its effects have already touched ...

For about a decade, Princeton University took a controversial stand against grade inflation, asking academic departments to limit the number of A-range grades they awarded. The policy was meant to ...