https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/10/5/faculty-debate-grade-inflation-compression/
这个是私校的普遍问题,文科放水尤其严重。Grade inflation 已经到了令人发指的地步,GPA对评价学生水平已经完全失去参考价值。名私的教育宗旨已经从鞭策学生通过努力追求卓越转向让学生获得虚假的安全和优越感。现在即使是技校也出现选安全的水课保证高GPA上Dean's List, 而回避challenging 硬核课程的现象。长此以往美国本科教育水准堪忧。
顺便表扬一下哈佛学生敢于自我揭短。
The report found that the percentage of A-range grades given to college students in the 2020-21 academic year was 79 percent, compared to 60 percent a decade earlier. Mean grades on a four-point scale were 3.80 in the 2020-21 academic year, up from 3.41 in 2002-03.