Yes, it’s a lot easier to get an A these days. The New York Times blog Economix looks at a new study by grade-inflation researchers Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy, who have found that the number of A’s given in college has skyrocketed since 1940: Most recently, about 43 percent of all letter grades given Read more →
Update: Interesting program. A few snippets — If profs give easier A’s they get higher ratings from students, which is a main way schools track faculty teaching. So it’s a perverse incentive. Administrators feel similar pressure. The emphasis on student recreation — the full college experience — is up. So administrators feel pressure not to Read more →
Alex Friedrich