Msg. #0584 GRADE INFLATION: IT'S NOT JUST AN ISSUE FOR THE IVY LEAGUE
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
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All Science and Engineering Engineering Education Research General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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Teaching and Learning Research Center |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Richard Reis |
| Description: | ""These days it seems as if nearly everyone in college is receiving A's, making the Dean's List, or graduating with honors. What's more interesting is that college students in general are spending fewer hours studying, while taking more remedial courses and fewer courses in mathematics, history, English, and foreign languages. Students everywhere report that they average only 10-15 hours of academic work outside of class per week and are able to attain "B" or better grade-point averages." This posting is the ninth in the monthly series called Carnegie Foundation Perspectives. These short commentaries exploring various educational issues are produced by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching <<http://www.carnegiefoundation.org>. |
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Closing paragraph In short, rooting out grade inflation by publicly shaming easy graders would be a band-aid, and nothing more. The larger issue is the intellectual life of a campus. It appears that there is still much work to be done to reclaim the priority of undergraduate teaching and learning on our nation's campuses. |
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| Publication Date: | September 2004 |
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| Download URL: | http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/584.html |
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Tomorrow's Professor
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