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| Source: Economix |
""Most recently, about 43 percent of all letter grades given were A’s, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960 and 12 percentage points since 1988. The distribution of B’s has stayed relatively constant; the growing share of A’s instead comes at the expense of a shrinking share of C’s, D’s and F’s. In fact, only about 10 percent of grades awarded are D’s and F’s."" -----Read the whole thing HERE
Of course, students couldn't possibly be studying more and earning their grades... Besides that, is it possible that students who get into the more selective universities are "smarter?" Or is it that students who attend the Harvards and Yales of the country pay more, thus "buying" their grades? Or, it could be that universities want their students get the best paying jobs and the only way to ensure that is to make sure their students have the best grades. A university does well when its students do well. When it comes to private universities, having a reputation, and thus a large range of wealthy applicants, means that the school makes more money. There is less of an incentive for public schools to do the same since a decent amount of funding comes from the state.
ReplyDeleteAnon---You may very well be correct on ALL your points! If you clicked on the link there is another graph that shows the change in grades for public vs private colleges. While private colleges have consistently had higher grades overall (maybe supporting your claim that private schools get the "smarter" students), the trend in the last 20 years has been that private college grade inflation has soared relative to public college (perhaps supporting your claim that it is a recruiting tool/status symbol/"Hey! I (or daddy/mommy) paid for an A!". The students today studying more question? That invites the typical good ol' day syndrome answer from an old person "Back when I was in college, I studied and worked 4 jobs--Kids today!" Thank you for the response. I appreciate it.
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