schools with grade deflation?

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<p>NMD:</p>

<p>Honors and grade inflation are two different things. Without tackling grade inflation, it is (and was) possible to reduce the proportion of students receiving honors merely by raising the GPA requirement.</p>

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<li> Summer had very little to say about grade inflation. If you google articles, you will find that it was raised before he arrived at Harvard. I recall reading an article that showed that the proportion of students getting As at Harvard was high, but still lower than at Princeton-- by a hair–and about the same as several other top colleges. I believe that the data was actually posted on CC.</li>
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<p>I don’t know what you mean by “get real.” It has been reported that only two Harvard students received straight As in recent decades (I doubt one can track as far back as the 1630s). But I can assure you that I have not heard or read of 65% of Harvard students getting As and A-s. It may happen in individual classes, but not across the whole College.</p>

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<p>Here is an announcement from NPR which shows clearly that the proportion of students getting As and A-s when it became a concern was 49%–not 65%.</p>

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All Things Considered, November 21, 2001 · Student’s grades at Harvard University have soared in the last 10 years. According to a report issued Tuesday by the dean of undergraduate education, nearly half of the grades issued last year were A’s or A-minuses. In 1985, just a third of the grades were A or A-minus. Linda Wertheimer talks with Susan Pedersen, Dean of Undergraduate Education and a Professor of History at Harvard University, about grade inflation.

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