Re: Grade Inflation (Was: Student Evaluations of Teaching)

[Jerome Epstein <jerepst@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>]

David Marx wrote:
>

> Grade inflation is a problem.  It gives students the somewhat false belief
> that they have gained something by attending school, parents the false
> belief that they have gotten something for their money, and educators the
> false belief that students are learning in their courses.  A university is
> no longer a  place of learning, but rather a place to receive a much
> desired piece of paper that _entitles_ an individual to a high-paying job.
> We live in the land of entitlement and delusion.

Amen, Amen. It is not true everywhere, but in far too many places. That
is the truth.
Jerry Epstein