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When C's became A's: How Students Today Study the Least and Score the Highest.

WHEN BECAME How students today study the least & score the highest If you were to look at the transcripts of today's college students, you'd find that they're exceptional. In fact, you'd think we were graduating the smartest students ever. But transcripts don't tell the whole story. In fact, massive grade inflation has been artificially boosting students' grades for over four decades. GRAPHING THE RISE OF THE "A": 45 Y-AXIS: 40 % OF 35 STUDENTS WITH GRADE 30 X-AXIS: 25 YEAR 20 15 GRADES 10 1960 1968 : 1978 1988 1998 2008 The A is now the most popular grade given out in college classrooms. In the 40s, A's accounted for only 15 percent of grades given out, but now they make up 45. Goodbye, bell curve |1960 |2007 PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 c : в A Why has this change taken place? BECAUSE STUDENTS STUDY MORE? NOPE. FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS: HOURS PER WEEK SPENT ON ACADEMICS THIS CHANGE HAP- PENED FOR EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC, RE- GARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, ABILITY, ECONOMIC BACK- GROUND, STUDENT EMPLOYMENT, OR TYPE OR SIZE OF SCHOOL. 40 hrs 27 hrs IN 1961 IN 2004 SO ARE STUDENTS JUST SMARTER? PROBABLY NOT. 1 IN 3 STUDENTS EXPECT B'S NEARLY 60% OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS SAY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL JUST FOR ATTEND- STUDENTS ARE LESS WELL-PREPARED WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO ING CLASS. COLLEGE THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. 40% OF STUDENTS EXPECT A "B" JUST FOR DOING THE RE- 1 IN 4 COLLEGE PRESIDENTS BELIEVES THAT THE FACULTY GRADES QUIRED READING TOO LENIENTLY IS COLLEGE JUST EASIER? PERHAPS. 50% vs OF STUDENTS DON'T 45% OF COLLEGE UNDERGRADS DON'T IMPROVE AT WRITING, TAKE A CLASS RE- CRITICAL THINKING, OR COMPLEX REASONING IN THEIR FIRST QUIRING 20 PAGES OF WRITING TOTAL IN ONE SEMESTER. TWO YEARS. ABC 1 IN 3 STUDENTS DON'T TAKE A SINGLE CLASS RE- QUIRING 40 PAGES OF READING PER WEEK ONE IN THREE STUDENTS DON'T SHOW GAINS AFTER 4 YEARS DO GRADEÈS EVEN MATTER ANYMORE? YES, TO AN EXTENT. 66% OF EMPLOYERS USE THE 58% SAY THEY'D BE MUCH LESS G.P.A.'S OF CANDIDATES AS LIKELY TO HIRE APPLICANTS HIRING CRITERIA WITH G.P.A.'S BELOW 3.0 MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR MOST DOCTORAL 3.5 PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES Why is this happening? No one knows for sure. A likely theory is that professors are pressured into giving good grades by the institutions themselves. Faculty evalua- tions, for example, are often higher for professors that give higher grades, often resulting in higher pay or promotion for those professors. What else do high professor evaluations correlate with, you might ask? Answer: students learning very little. Created by: MastersDegree.net 11111111111 HTTP://www.THEATLANTICWIRE.COM/NATIONAL/2011/07/CHART-ITS- EASIER-EVER-GET-GOOD-GRADES-COLLEGE/39986/ HTTP://www.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/BLOGS/COLLEGE-INC/POST/EASY-A- STUDY-FINDS-43PERCENT-OF-GRADES-ARE-A/2011/07/14/GIQAO67OEI_BLOG.HTML HTTP://VOICES.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/COLLEGE- INC/2010/06/STUDY_HIGH-RATED_PROFESSORS_AR.HTML HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/12/31/JOBS/31GPA.HTML?PAGEWANTED=1 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2011/05/15/OPINION/15ARUM.HTML HTTP://PAPERS.NBER.ORG/PAPERS/W15954 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2009/02/18/EDUCATION/18COLLEGE.HTML HTTP://GRADSCHOOL.ABOUT.COM/OD/ADMISSIONSADVICE/A/GPA.HTM DY NO ND WHEN BECAME How students today study the least & score the highest If you were to look at the transcripts of today's college students, you'd find that they're exceptional. In fact, you'd think we were graduating the smartest students ever. But transcripts don't tell the whole story. In fact, massive grade inflation has been artificially boosting students' grades for over four decades. GRAPHING THE RISE OF THE "A": 45 Y-AXIS: 40 % OF 35 STUDENTS WITH GRADE 30 X-AXIS: 25 YEAR 20 15 GRADES A 10 B 5 C 1960 1968 : 1978 1988 1998 2008 The A is now the most popular grade given out in college classrooms. In the 40s, A's accounted for only 15 percent of grades given out, but now they make up 45. Goodbye, bell curve |1960 |2007 PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 c : D B A Why has this change taken place? BECAUSE STUDENTS STUDY MORE? NOPE. FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS: HOURS PER WEEK SPENT ON ACADEMICS THIS CHANGE HAP- PENED FOR EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC, RE- GARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, ABILITY, ECONOMIC BACK- GROUND, STUDENT EMPLOYMENT, OR TYPE OR SIZE OF SCHOOL. 40 hrs 27 hrs IN 1961 IN 2004 SO ARE STUDENTS JUST SMARTER? PROBABLY NOT. B 1 IN 3 STUDENTS EXPECT B'S NEARLY 60% OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS SAY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL JUST FOR ATTEND- STUDENTS ARE LESS WELL-PREPARED WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO ING CLASS. COLLEGE THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. 40% OF STUDENTS EXPECT A "B" JUST FOR DOING THE RE- 1 IN 4 COLLEGE PRESIDENTS BELIEVES THAT THE FACULTY GRADES QUIRED READING TOO LENIENTLY IS COLLEGE JUST EASIER? PERHAPS. 50% vs OF STUDENTS DON'T 45% OF COLLEGE UNDERGRADS DON'T IMPROVE AT WRITING, TAKE A CLASS RE- CRITICAL THINKING, OR COMPLEX REASONING IN THEIR FIRST QUIRING 20 PAGES OF WRITING TOTAL IN ONE SEMESTER. TWO YEARS. ABC 1 IN 3 STUDENTS DON'T TAKE A SINGLE CLASS RE- QUIRING 40 PAGES OF READING PER WEEK ONE IN THREE STUDENTS DON'T SHOW GAINS AFTER 4 YEARS DO GRADEÈS EVEN MATTER ANYMORE? YES, TO AN EXTENT. M 66% OF EMPLOYERS USE THE 58% SAY THEY'D BE MUCH LESS G.P.A.'S OF CANDIDATES AS LIKELY TO HIRE APPLICANTS HIRING CRITERIA WITH G.P.A.'S BELOW 3.0 MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR MOST DOCTORAL 3.5 PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES Why is this happening? No one knows for sure. A likely theory is that professors are pressured into giving good grades by the institutions themselves. Faculty evalua- tions, for example, are often higher for professors that give higher grades, often resulting in higher pay or promotion for those professors. What else do high professor evaluations correlate with, you might ask? Answer: students learning very little. Created by: MastersDegree.net HTTP://www.THEATLANTICWIRE.COM/NATIONAL/2011/07/CHART-ITS- EASIER-EVER-GET-GOOD-GRADES-COLLEGE/39986/ HTTP://www.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/BLOGS/COLLEGE-INC/POST/EASY-A- STUDY-FINDS-43PERCENT-OF-GRADES-ARE-A/2011/07/14/GIQAO67OEI_BLOG.HTML HTTP://VOICES.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/COLLEGE- INC/2010/06/STUDY_HIGH-RATED_PROFESSORS_AR.HTML HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/12/31/JOBS/31GPA.HTML?PAGEWANTED=1 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2011/05/15/OPINION/15ARUM.HTML HTTP://PAPERS.NBER.ORG/PAPERS/W15954 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2009/02/18/EDUCATION/18COLLEGE.HTML HTTP://GRADSCHOOL.ABOUT.COM/OD/ADMISSIONSADVICE/A/GPA.HTM DY NO ND WHEN BECAME How students today study the least & score the highest If you were to look at the transcripts of today's college students, you'd find that they're exceptional. In fact, you'd think we were graduating the smartest students ever. But transcripts don't tell the whole story. In fact, massive grade inflation has been artificially boosting students' grades for over four decades. GRAPHING THE RISE OF THE "A": 45 Y-AXIS: 40 % OF 35 STUDENTS WITH GRADE 30 X-AXIS: 25 YEAR 20 15 GRADES A 10 B 5 C 1960 1968 : 1978 1988 1998 2008 The A is now the most popular grade given out in college classrooms. In the 40s, A's accounted for only 15 percent of grades given out, but now they make up 45. Goodbye, bell curve |1960 |2007 PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 c : D B A Why has this change taken place? BECAUSE STUDENTS STUDY MORE? NOPE. FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS: HOURS PER WEEK SPENT ON ACADEMICS THIS CHANGE HAP- PENED FOR EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC, RE- GARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, ABILITY, ECONOMIC BACK- GROUND, STUDENT EMPLOYMENT, OR TYPE OR SIZE OF SCHOOL. 40 hrs 27 hrs IN 1961 IN 2004 SO ARE STUDENTS JUST SMARTER? PROBABLY NOT. B 1 IN 3 STUDENTS EXPECT B'S NEARLY 60% OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS SAY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL JUST FOR ATTEND- STUDENTS ARE LESS WELL-PREPARED WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO ING CLASS. COLLEGE THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. 40% OF STUDENTS EXPECT A "B" JUST FOR DOING THE RE- 1 IN 4 COLLEGE PRESIDENTS BELIEVES THAT THE FACULTY GRADES QUIRED READING TOO LENIENTLY IS COLLEGE JUST EASIER? PERHAPS. 50% vs OF STUDENTS DON'T 45% OF COLLEGE UNDERGRADS DON'T IMPROVE AT WRITING, TAKE A CLASS RE- CRITICAL THINKING, OR COMPLEX REASONING IN THEIR FIRST QUIRING 20 PAGES OF WRITING TOTAL IN ONE SEMESTER. TWO YEARS. ABC 1 IN 3 STUDENTS DON'T TAKE A SINGLE CLASS RE- QUIRING 40 PAGES OF READING PER WEEK ONE IN THREE STUDENTS DON'T SHOW GAINS AFTER 4 YEARS DO GRADEÈS EVEN MATTER ANYMORE? YES, TO AN EXTENT. M 66% OF EMPLOYERS USE THE 58% SAY THEY'D BE MUCH LESS G.P.A.'S OF CANDIDATES AS LIKELY TO HIRE APPLICANTS HIRING CRITERIA WITH G.P.A.'S BELOW 3.0 MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR MOST DOCTORAL 3.5 PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES Why is this happening? No one knows for sure. A likely theory is that professors are pressured into giving good grades by the institutions themselves. Faculty evalua- tions, for example, are often higher for professors that give higher grades, often resulting in higher pay or promotion for those professors. What else do high professor evaluations correlate with, you might ask? Answer: students learning very little. Created by: MastersDegree.net HTTP://www.THEATLANTICWIRE.COM/NATIONAL/2011/07/CHART-ITS- EASIER-EVER-GET-GOOD-GRADES-COLLEGE/39986/ HTTP://www.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/BLOGS/COLLEGE-INC/POST/EASY-A- STUDY-FINDS-43PERCENT-OF-GRADES-ARE-A/2011/07/14/GIQAO67OEI_BLOG.HTML HTTP://VOICES.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/COLLEGE- INC/2010/06/STUDY_HIGH-RATED_PROFESSORS_AR.HTML HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/12/31/JOBS/31GPA.HTML?PAGEWANTED=1 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2011/05/15/OPINION/15ARUM.HTML HTTP://PAPERS.NBER.ORG/PAPERS/W15954 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2009/02/18/EDUCATION/18COLLEGE.HTML HTTP://GRADSCHOOL.ABOUT.COM/OD/ADMISSIONSADVICE/A/GPA.HTM DY NO ND WHEN BECAME How students today study the least & score the highest If you were to look at the transcripts of today's college students, you'd find that they're exceptional. In fact, you'd think we were graduating the smartest students ever. But transcripts don't tell the whole story. In fact, massive grade inflation has been artificially boosting students' grades for over four decades. GRAPHING THE RISE OF THE "A": 45 Y-AXIS: 40 % OF 35 STUDENTS WITH GRADE 30 X-AXIS: 25 YEAR 20 15 GRADES A 10 B 5 C 1960 1968 : 1978 1988 1998 2008 The A is now the most popular grade given out in college classrooms. In the 40s, A's accounted for only 15 percent of grades given out, but now they make up 45. Goodbye, bell curve |1960 |2007 PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 c : D B A Why has this change taken place? BECAUSE STUDENTS STUDY MORE? NOPE. FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS: HOURS PER WEEK SPENT ON ACADEMICS THIS CHANGE HAP- PENED FOR EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC, RE- GARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, ABILITY, ECONOMIC BACK- GROUND, STUDENT EMPLOYMENT, OR TYPE OR SIZE OF SCHOOL. 40 hrs 27 hrs IN 1961 IN 2004 SO ARE STUDENTS JUST SMARTER? PROBABLY NOT. B 1 IN 3 STUDENTS EXPECT B'S NEARLY 60% OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS SAY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL JUST FOR ATTEND- STUDENTS ARE LESS WELL-PREPARED WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO ING CLASS. COLLEGE THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. 40% OF STUDENTS EXPECT A "B" JUST FOR DOING THE RE- 1 IN 4 COLLEGE PRESIDENTS BELIEVES THAT THE FACULTY GRADES QUIRED READING TOO LENIENTLY IS COLLEGE JUST EASIER? PERHAPS. 50% vs OF STUDENTS DON'T 45% OF COLLEGE UNDERGRADS DON'T IMPROVE AT WRITING, TAKE A CLASS RE- CRITICAL THINKING, OR COMPLEX REASONING IN THEIR FIRST QUIRING 20 PAGES OF WRITING TOTAL IN ONE SEMESTER. TWO YEARS. ABC 1 IN 3 STUDENTS DON'T TAKE A SINGLE CLASS RE- QUIRING 40 PAGES OF READING PER WEEK ONE IN THREE STUDENTS DON'T SHOW GAINS AFTER 4 YEARS DO GRADEÈS EVEN MATTER ANYMORE? YES, TO AN EXTENT. M 66% OF EMPLOYERS USE THE 58% SAY THEY'D BE MUCH LESS G.P.A.'S OF CANDIDATES AS LIKELY TO HIRE APPLICANTS HIRING CRITERIA WITH G.P.A.'S BELOW 3.0 MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR MOST DOCTORAL 3.5 PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES Why is this happening? No one knows for sure. A likely theory is that professors are pressured into giving good grades by the institutions themselves. Faculty evalua- tions, for example, are often higher for professors that give higher grades, often resulting in higher pay or promotion for those professors. What else do high professor evaluations correlate with, you might ask? Answer: students learning very little. Created by: MastersDegree.net HTTP://www.THEATLANTICWIRE.COM/NATIONAL/2011/07/CHART-ITS- EASIER-EVER-GET-GOOD-GRADES-COLLEGE/39986/ HTTP://www.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/BLOGS/COLLEGE-INC/POST/EASY-A- STUDY-FINDS-43PERCENT-OF-GRADES-ARE-A/2011/07/14/GIQAO67OEI_BLOG.HTML HTTP://VOICES.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/COLLEGE- INC/2010/06/STUDY_HIGH-RATED_PROFESSORS_AR.HTML HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/12/31/JOBS/31GPA.HTML?PAGEWANTED=1 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2011/05/15/OPINION/15ARUM.HTML HTTP://PAPERS.NBER.ORG/PAPERS/W15954 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2009/02/18/EDUCATION/18COLLEGE.HTML HTTP://GRADSCHOOL.ABOUT.COM/OD/ADMISSIONSADVICE/A/GPA.HTM DY NO ND WHEN BECAME How students today study the least & score the highest If you were to look at the transcripts of today's college students, you'd find that they're exceptional. In fact, you'd think we were graduating the smartest students ever. But transcripts don't tell the whole story. In fact, massive grade inflation has been artificially boosting students' grades for over four decades. GRAPHING THE RISE OF THE "A": 45 Y-AXIS: 40 % OF 35 STUDENTS WITH GRADE 30 X-AXIS: 25 YEAR 20 15 GRADES A 10 B 5 C 1960 1968 : 1978 1988 1998 2008 The A is now the most popular grade given out in college classrooms. In the 40s, A's accounted for only 15 percent of grades given out, but now they make up 45. Goodbye, bell curve |1960 |2007 PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 c : D B A Why has this change taken place? BECAUSE STUDENTS STUDY MORE? NOPE. FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS: HOURS PER WEEK SPENT ON ACADEMICS THIS CHANGE HAP- PENED FOR EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC, RE- GARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, ABILITY, ECONOMIC BACK- GROUND, STUDENT EMPLOYMENT, OR TYPE OR SIZE OF SCHOOL. 40 hrs 27 hrs IN 1961 IN 2004 SO ARE STUDENTS JUST SMARTER? PROBABLY NOT. B 1 IN 3 STUDENTS EXPECT B'S NEARLY 60% OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS SAY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL JUST FOR ATTEND- STUDENTS ARE LESS WELL-PREPARED WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO ING CLASS. COLLEGE THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. 40% OF STUDENTS EXPECT A "B" JUST FOR DOING THE RE- 1 IN 4 COLLEGE PRESIDENTS BELIEVES THAT THE FACULTY GRADES QUIRED READING TOO LENIENTLY IS COLLEGE JUST EASIER? PERHAPS. 50% vs OF STUDENTS DON'T 45% OF COLLEGE UNDERGRADS DON'T IMPROVE AT WRITING, TAKE A CLASS RE- CRITICAL THINKING, OR COMPLEX REASONING IN THEIR FIRST QUIRING 20 PAGES OF WRITING TOTAL IN ONE SEMESTER. TWO YEARS. ABC 1 IN 3 STUDENTS DON'T TAKE A SINGLE CLASS RE- QUIRING 40 PAGES OF READING PER WEEK ONE IN THREE STUDENTS DON'T SHOW GAINS AFTER 4 YEARS DO GRADEÈS EVEN MATTER ANYMORE? YES, TO AN EXTENT. M 66% OF EMPLOYERS USE THE 58% SAY THEY'D BE MUCH LESS G.P.A.'S OF CANDIDATES AS LIKELY TO HIRE APPLICANTS HIRING CRITERIA WITH G.P.A.'S BELOW 3.0 MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR MOST DOCTORAL 3.5 PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES Why is this happening? No one knows for sure. A likely theory is that professors are pressured into giving good grades by the institutions themselves. Faculty evalua- tions, for example, are often higher for professors that give higher grades, often resulting in higher pay or promotion for those professors. What else do high professor evaluations correlate with, you might ask? Answer: students learning very little. Created by: MastersDegree.net HTTP://www.THEATLANTICWIRE.COM/NATIONAL/2011/07/CHART-ITS- EASIER-EVER-GET-GOOD-GRADES-COLLEGE/39986/ HTTP://www.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/BLOGS/COLLEGE-INC/POST/EASY-A- STUDY-FINDS-43PERCENT-OF-GRADES-ARE-A/2011/07/14/GIQAO67OEI_BLOG.HTML HTTP://VOICES.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/COLLEGE- INC/2010/06/STUDY_HIGH-RATED_PROFESSORS_AR.HTML HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/12/31/JOBS/31GPA.HTML?PAGEWANTED=1 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2011/05/15/OPINION/15ARUM.HTML HTTP://PAPERS.NBER.ORG/PAPERS/W15954 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2009/02/18/EDUCATION/18COLLEGE.HTML HTTP://GRADSCHOOL.ABOUT.COM/OD/ADMISSIONSADVICE/A/GPA.HTM DY NO ND WHEN BECAME How students today study the least & score the highest If you were to look at the transcripts of today's college students, you'd find that they're exceptional. In fact, you'd think we were graduating the smartest students ever. But transcripts don't tell the whole story. In fact, massive grade inflation has been artificially boosting students' grades for over four decades. GRAPHING THE RISE OF THE "A": 45 Y-AXIS: 40 % OF 35 STUDENTS WITH GRADE 30 X-AXIS: 25 YEAR 20 15 GRADES A 10 B 5 C 1960 1968 : 1978 1988 1998 2008 The A is now the most popular grade given out in college classrooms. In the 40s, A's accounted for only 15 percent of grades given out, but now they make up 45. Goodbye, bell curve |1960 |2007 PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 c : D B A Why has this change taken place? BECAUSE STUDENTS STUDY MORE? NOPE. FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS: HOURS PER WEEK SPENT ON ACADEMICS THIS CHANGE HAP- PENED FOR EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC, RE- GARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, ABILITY, ECONOMIC BACK- GROUND, STUDENT EMPLOYMENT, OR TYPE OR SIZE OF SCHOOL. 40 hrs 27 hrs IN 1961 IN 2004 SO ARE STUDENTS JUST SMARTER? PROBABLY NOT. B 1 IN 3 STUDENTS EXPECT B'S NEARLY 60% OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS SAY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL JUST FOR ATTEND- STUDENTS ARE LESS WELL-PREPARED WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO ING CLASS. COLLEGE THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. 40% OF STUDENTS EXPECT A "B" JUST FOR DOING THE RE- 1 IN 4 COLLEGE PRESIDENTS BELIEVES THAT THE FACULTY GRADES QUIRED READING TOO LENIENTLY IS COLLEGE JUST EASIER? PERHAPS. 50% vs OF STUDENTS DON'T 45% OF COLLEGE UNDERGRADS DON'T IMPROVE AT WRITING, TAKE A CLASS RE- CRITICAL THINKING, OR COMPLEX REASONING IN THEIR FIRST QUIRING 20 PAGES OF WRITING TOTAL IN ONE SEMESTER. TWO YEARS. ABC 1 IN 3 STUDENTS DON'T TAKE A SINGLE CLASS RE- QUIRING 40 PAGES OF READING PER WEEK ONE IN THREE STUDENTS DON'T SHOW GAINS AFTER 4 YEARS DO GRADEÈS EVEN MATTER ANYMORE? YES, TO AN EXTENT. M 66% OF EMPLOYERS USE THE 58% SAY THEY'D BE MUCH LESS G.P.A.'S OF CANDIDATES AS LIKELY TO HIRE APPLICANTS HIRING CRITERIA WITH G.P.A.'S BELOW 3.0 MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR MOST DOCTORAL 3.5 PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES Why is this happening? No one knows for sure. A likely theory is that professors are pressured into giving good grades by the institutions themselves. Faculty evalua- tions, for example, are often higher for professors that give higher grades, often resulting in higher pay or promotion for those professors. What else do high professor evaluations correlate with, you might ask? Answer: students learning very little. Created by: MastersDegree.net HTTP://www.THEATLANTICWIRE.COM/NATIONAL/2011/07/CHART-ITS- EASIER-EVER-GET-GOOD-GRADES-COLLEGE/39986/ HTTP://www.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/BLOGS/COLLEGE-INC/POST/EASY-A- STUDY-FINDS-43PERCENT-OF-GRADES-ARE-A/2011/07/14/GIQAO67OEI_BLOG.HTML HTTP://VOICES.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/COLLEGE- INC/2010/06/STUDY_HIGH-RATED_PROFESSORS_AR.HTML HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/12/31/JOBS/31GPA.HTML?PAGEWANTED=1 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2011/05/15/OPINION/15ARUM.HTML HTTP://PAPERS.NBER.ORG/PAPERS/W15954 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2009/02/18/EDUCATION/18COLLEGE.HTML HTTP://GRADSCHOOL.ABOUT.COM/OD/ADMISSIONSADVICE/A/GPA.HTM DY NO ND WHEN BECAME How students today study the least & score the highest If you were to look at the transcripts of today's college students, you'd find that they're exceptional. In fact, you'd think we were graduating the smartest students ever. But transcripts don't tell the whole story. In fact, massive grade inflation has been artificially boosting students' grades for over four decades. GRAPHING THE RISE OF THE "A": 45 Y-AXIS: 40 % OF 35 STUDENTS WITH GRADE 30 X-AXIS: 25 YEAR 20 15 GRADES A 10 B 5 C 1960 1968 : 1978 1988 1998 2008 The A is now the most popular grade given out in college classrooms. In the 40s, A's accounted for only 15 percent of grades given out, but now they make up 45. Goodbye, bell curve |1960 |2007 PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 c : D B A Why has this change taken place? BECAUSE STUDENTS STUDY MORE? NOPE. FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS: HOURS PER WEEK SPENT ON ACADEMICS THIS CHANGE HAP- PENED FOR EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC, RE- GARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, ABILITY, ECONOMIC BACK- GROUND, STUDENT EMPLOYMENT, OR TYPE OR SIZE OF SCHOOL. 40 hrs 27 hrs IN 1961 IN 2004 SO ARE STUDENTS JUST SMARTER? PROBABLY NOT. B 1 IN 3 STUDENTS EXPECT B'S NEARLY 60% OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS SAY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL JUST FOR ATTEND- STUDENTS ARE LESS WELL-PREPARED WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO ING CLASS. COLLEGE THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. 40% OF STUDENTS EXPECT A "B" JUST FOR DOING THE RE- 1 IN 4 COLLEGE PRESIDENTS BELIEVES THAT THE FACULTY GRADES QUIRED READING TOO LENIENTLY IS COLLEGE JUST EASIER? PERHAPS. 50% vs OF STUDENTS DON'T 45% OF COLLEGE UNDERGRADS DON'T IMPROVE AT WRITING, TAKE A CLASS RE- CRITICAL THINKING, OR COMPLEX REASONING IN THEIR FIRST QUIRING 20 PAGES OF WRITING TOTAL IN ONE SEMESTER. TWO YEARS. ABC 1 IN 3 STUDENTS DON'T TAKE A SINGLE CLASS RE- QUIRING 40 PAGES OF READING PER WEEK ONE IN THREE STUDENTS DON'T SHOW GAINS AFTER 4 YEARS DO GRADEÈS EVEN MATTER ANYMORE? YES, TO AN EXTENT. M 66% OF EMPLOYERS USE THE 58% SAY THEY'D BE MUCH LESS G.P.A.'S OF CANDIDATES AS LIKELY TO HIRE APPLICANTS HIRING CRITERIA WITH G.P.A.'S BELOW 3.0 MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR MOST DOCTORAL 3.5 PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES Why is this happening? No one knows for sure. A likely theory is that professors are pressured into giving good grades by the institutions themselves. Faculty evalua- tions, for example, are often higher for professors that give higher grades, often resulting in higher pay or promotion for those professors. What else do high professor evaluations correlate with, you might ask? Answer: students learning very little. Created by: MastersDegree.net HTTP://www.THEATLANTICWIRE.COM/NATIONAL/2011/07/CHART-ITS- EASIER-EVER-GET-GOOD-GRADES-COLLEGE/39986/ HTTP://www.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/BLOGS/COLLEGE-INC/POST/EASY-A- STUDY-FINDS-43PERCENT-OF-GRADES-ARE-A/2011/07/14/GIQAO67OEI_BLOG.HTML HTTP://VOICES.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/COLLEGE- INC/2010/06/STUDY_HIGH-RATED_PROFESSORS_AR.HTML HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/12/31/JOBS/31GPA.HTML?PAGEWANTED=1 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2011/05/15/OPINION/15ARUM.HTML HTTP://PAPERS.NBER.ORG/PAPERS/W15954 HTTP://wwW.NYTIMES.COM/2009/02/18/EDUCATION/18COLLEGE.HTML HTTP://GRADSCHOOL.ABOUT.COM/OD/ADMISSIONSADVICE/A/GPA.HTM DY NO ND

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