Should read “Give as many ‘A’s as You Want”. The committee also recommended assessment of student work should move away from “grades” and instead focus on “quality of feedback,”
Simple really.
I guess all the diversity enrollees couldn’t hack it.
Bkmrk
My first college, the University of Chicago, jumped on the grade inflation bandwagon later than most other competitive schools. This did NOT help the students in most cases, as high GPAs were expected, even as a majority of O-chem freshmen were flunking their first quarter.
Come on, these kids were raised on participation trophies. How cruel to deny them their “A” for making it to class occasionally.
A+,A,A-,B+,B,B-,C+,C,C-,D+,D,D-,F,F1,F2,I
Everything below C- is failing.
That was a long, long time ago. 1972. Guy's probably dead now and I wouldn't be surprised if it was murder... ;-)
Most grade inflation is the result of a lack of challenge and not pushing students to meet higher challenges. This has to begin at the start, in the 101 courses. For college students they should be expected and told that they are expected to far exceed the high school level many college courses are at.
This is the situation because honestly most faculty are lazy when it comes to creating challenging courses and putting in the time it takes to teach those courses.
My students are given requirements that must be met. Miss requirements and you lose points, sometimes all of the points. If you don’t know how to accomplish the task then can you do the research to formulate an answer or solution; can you think through the problem and synthesize a solution. My courses expect the student to hit the ground running and know that the pace won’t let up.
Too many students have come to expect that college-level is an extension of high school and unfortunately many faculty and deans are too afraid to challenge or to possibly “scare” away the students because it is challenging.
I earned an MBA in 1982.I went nights part-time while working full time. It wasn’t easy. A 3.2 was the minimum acceptable GPA. I seem to recall no grades given; all were earned and not without work. The trick I learned was to do all the reading three times. A three hour class required about 8-9 hours of prep. I don’t miss it at all.
If you go to Princeton, it’s assumed you’re either smart or rich, probably both. Why blow the image with compulsory curve grading?
And then there’s Michelle...
Then why go to college? Just write a check and collect your degree? College is a waste of time.
I dated a girl that went to Princeton. She said the only thing that was difficult about the ivy league was getting in.