Word: grades
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Currently, 70 percent of graduating law students achieve the minimum grade point average to receive a cum laude degree. With that ridiculous fact staring them in the face, Law School faculty members overwhelmingly voted to bestow honors upon only 40 percent of the graduating class...
...School for its courageous stance in a world where honors are given away ever more indiscriminately. We only wish that Harvard College (where close to three-quarters of students graduate with some kind of honors) would follow the Law School's example and find some way to control grade inflation in order to give grades from the College more meaning and credibility...
...staff's criticism of grade inflation illustrates one of the most annoying facets of the Harvard experience--dealing with uptight, hyper-competitive undergraduates. The reason that some Harvard students seethe about "the mires of grade inflation" is because high achievement by most of the student body robs them of a perverse pleasure that they have grown accustomed to enjoying. That is, many undergraduates cannot feel happy unless they are demonstrating that they are somehow superior to others...
...staff claims that grade inflation hampers "employers who are trying to distinguish among candidates," ignoring obvious measures such as interviews. Their argument is even more ridiculous considering the overwhelming advantages that most Harvard students already have when they decide to enter the workplace or pursue post-graduate studies. Is grade inflation really preventing more Harvard graduates from seizing the best jobs on Wall Street...
...explanations for grade inflation is that this student body has become increasingly talented and diverse. When Harvard used to be little more than a finishing school for the sons of New England's old money families, many undergraduates were satisfied with the "gentleman...