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But Levine, who has written extensively on the grading, says this inflation predates the arrival of large numbers of Black students at universities.
"I certainly don't think it has anything to do with race at all," said Adams House Master and Loker Professor of English Robert J. Kiely, who was a professor at the time. He attributes rising grades to "a sort of questioning of the whole grading system in general" by...
Some professors, however, while asserting Mansfield's original comment over-emphasized the role of race in grade inflation, said that race could have influenced individual professors' grading decisions in certain cases.
"On the contrary, there was a widespread feeling that professors were grading down [Black students]," said Daniels. "There's a notion of a conspiracy theory behind that.
Both Epps and Whitla have said they disagree with Mansfield's statements on the basis of their own anecdotal evidence. Mansfield, who says his statements are based on personal observations, has said he would like to see grading figures from the time.