Grades A and B are sometimes given too readily ____Grade A for work of not very high merit, and Grade B for work not far above mediocrity.One of the chief obstacles for raising the standards of the degree is the readiness in which insincere students gain passable grades by sham work.1 ?____Report of the Committee on Raising the Standard, Harvard University, 1894 Is Grade Inflation a Reality at American Colleges? Concerns regarding grade inflation at Americas higher learning institutions date back for over a century. However, recently the subject became a hot topic for discussion when Harvard University Professor Harvey C. Mansfield reported to the Boston Globe that 51% of all grades at this elite university are As, compared to the number of A grades awarded in 1985, which totaled fewer than 33%. Mansfield also noted that 91% of Harvards graduating class had received summa, magna, or cum laude honors (Mansfield, 2001, p.1). His article sparked a nationwide debate, which continues today: Is grade inflation at U.S. colleges a real problem or simply a myth? There are those who believe that grade inflation is a myth
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