Brent Staples Why Colleges Shower Their Students With A's

The authors of all the four novels Ana Quindlen of Peaceful Minds, Brent Staples of why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's, David Broks of Gender Gap and Jennifer Britz of the deans daughter gets a thin envelope. In “Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's,” Brent Staples argues that all college students are receiving high marks they don't deserve. He warns that if this continues, “diplomas will become weaker and more ornamental as the years go by.” (392). But grade inflation is certainly not the threat Staples claims. In fact, there are many good reasons college professors should consider adjusting their grading policies so that most students earn A's and B's. Consider for instance the case of Carl, a freshman at the Clemson University.

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