Grade inflation in colleges and universities

Articles mentioning engineering:

• Curbing grade inflation, Wankat, ASEE Prism, 2002; Yale, 2002.; Stanford, 2002 Highly recommended
• When 'A' is for Anybody, Texas A&M, 2002
• The Current Status of Academic Standards in Engineering Education at Ohio University, 2002: Highly recommended
• Professors tackle grade inflation, U. of Alabama, 2002
• Grade inflation in Canadian engineering, 2002
• Do grades at Princeton accurately reflect student performance?
• Grade inflation invades engineering, Science Insights, NAS, 2001 Highly recommended
  Doctoring the grade?, Northwestern, 2001 Highly recommended
• See also grade inflation web site by Brian Manhire, Ohio University

In general:

• Students Receive Fewer A's, and Princeton Calls It Progress NY Times, 20 Sep 05.
• Against grade inflation: How to counter declining rigour in US university courses, Nature 431, 723 (14 October 2004).
• Tackling grade inflation in US universities, Nature 432, 549 (02 December 2004).
• Science Magazine: Books received, 2003:
  Grade Inflation: A Crisis in College Education, Valen E. Johnson, Springer, New York, 2003. 270 pp.
  • Review in amazon.com
  • Book: grade inflation exists at Duke, Duke, 2003
• Where All Grades Are Above Average, Washington Post, 2003;
  Professor Compiles GPA Database to Confront Grade Inflation, Chronicle of Higher Education, 14 Feb 2003
  gradeinflation.com Highly recommended
• The Emperor's Good Grades, Harvard, 2003
• Evaluation and the Academy: Are We Doing the Right Thing? Grade Inflation and Letters of Recommendation, American Academy of Arts and Science, 2002: Excellent, Highly recommended
• Statistics Indicate C.U. Grade Inflation, Cornell, 2002
• Grade Inflation: It's Time to Face the Facts, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001: Highly recommended
• Harvard's quiet secret: rampant grade inflation, Boston Globe, 2001: Highly recommended
  2001 National Awards for Education Reporting
• Low Marks for Top Teachers, Washington Post, 2000: Highly recommended

Student evaluation:

• Deconstructing An Evaluation Form, Montana State, 1998 (or click here ) Highly recommended
• Eli Sternberg's Timoshenko medal speech, Florida, 1985. Highly recommended

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