Grade Deflation or Inflation?

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>It’s unclear over what time period that website was talking about. Anyone who has seen the median grade reports knows that Cornell’s average GPA cannot be 3.18. Cornell has experienced runaway grade inflation in the past few years, one of the reasons the median grade reports are no longer available online. </p>

<p>[Cornell</a> University](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/cornell.html]Cornell”>http://www.gradeinflation.com/cornell.html)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.economics.cornell.edu/bar/MyPapers/grade_inflation_jep.pdf[/url]”>http://www.economics.cornell.edu/bar/MyPapers/grade_inflation_jep.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>[Grade</a> Inflation at Cornell](<a href=“http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/grade_inflation_at_cornell/]Grade”>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/grade_inflation_at_cornell/)</p>

<p>Cornell’s average GPA is in the 3.4 range.</p>