Rigor of Rice's Grading system?

Riceward
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:25:09 +0000

Grades are inflated, and GPAs seem to be trending upwards. The problem is severe enough that there’s a special committee at work on it this academic year:

[Rice University | “Grade Inflation” and Academic Honors](http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/Grade_InflationAcademic_Honors.asp?SnID=2)

The scale is set such that an A+ is now a 4.33, which is absurd.