From today's online edition: http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2012/06/04/are-colleges-handing-out-as-like-after-dinner-mints/?cp=2#comment-204147
Includes an excerpt from this MN article: http://www.startribune.com/local/154595855.html?page=all&prepage=2&c=y#
Of course, some folks hand out As like candy. It's the nature of the beast. I took grief over grades, as if I had some control over the quality of the work done, or not done, as the case may be. If evaluations will include student serveys, as we've been told, it will be even worse.
Here's more on the subject: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/the-history-of-college-grade-inflation/
The first graph is most telling, I think. Around 1970, As began to climb and Cs dropped off in a trend that continues today. The private/public comparison is also quite interesting.
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