Grade inflation is rampant on American campuses. According to a study by Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy, A’s represent 43 percent of all grades awarded today—up from 15 percent in 1960.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 9:54 am
By: John William Pope Center
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n a recent article for the Pope Center, I looked at the latest academic-athletic scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill in light of athletes’ academic preparation.
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2014 @ 1:41 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In 2008, a committee of faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill discovered that the average grade of a Carolina student was 3.213 - well over a B average. Led by Andrew Perrin, a professor of sociology, the school's Educational Policy Committee began looking at how other universities were dealing...
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 7:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2008, a committee of faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill was astounded to discover that the average grade of a Carolina student was 3.213 - well over a B average. Led by Andrew Perrin, a professor of sociology, the school's Educational Policy Committee began looking at how other universities...
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 2:45 am
By: John William Pope Center
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