Word: mansfield
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Despite his efforts to combat "grade inflation" in the Government Department, grades last year declined less than anticipated, Harvey C. Mansfield '53, chairman of the Government Department, said yesterday...
...Mansfield said that he was especially disturbed by statistics for Government 98, the junior tutorial, which show that the number of A's given in the course last year only declined 5 per cent from the previous year. Ninety-five per cent of those taking the course received honors grades...
...Mansfield, who called last year for a "general deflation" in grades and for a return to the tougher grading standards of the late 1960's, said that he has been "exhorting members of the department who haven't noticed the upward creep in grades to pay attention to what they've been doing...
...Mansfield stressed that his main motivation is "to even out grades within the department "because grading policy differs significantly from course to course...
Harvey C. Mansfield '53, chairman of the Government Department, could not be reached for comment last night...