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Nearly Everyone Gets A’s at Yale. Does That Cheapen the Grade?
NYTimes(paywall) ^ | 12/08/2023

Posted on 12/08/2023 2:05:05 PM PST by devane617

Nearly 80 percent of all grades given to undergraduates at Yale last academic year were A’s or A minuses, part of a sharp increase that began during the coronavirus pandemic and appears to have stuck, according to a new report.

The mean grade point average was 3.7 out of 4.0, also an increase over prepandemic years.

The findings have frustrated some students, alumni and professors. What does excellence mean at Yale, they wonder, if most students get the equivalent of “excellent” in almost every class?

“When we act as though virtually everything that gets turned in is some kind of A — where A is supposedly meaning ‘excellent work’ — we are simply being dishonest to our students,” said Shelly Kagan, a Yale philosophy professor known for being a tough grader.

The trend has scrambled the very meaning of grades themselves, he said. Students no longer think B means “good.” An A is the new normal.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: edumycation
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To: hanamizu

“GWB may well have screwed up as a President, but do you think that ‘stupid’ men can fly single-seat fighter jets?”

Since you mentioned GWB the answer is resounding YES.


21 posted on 12/08/2023 3:12:53 PM PST by chuckb87
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To: chuckb87

Since you mentioned GWB the answer is resounding YES.


Then I guess our definitions of ‘stupid’ differ.


22 posted on 12/08/2023 3:24:30 PM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: devane617

Ivy league university were once the elite institutions of higher learning with challenging curriculum. Apparently, they are now more interested in advancing woke policies and agendas rather than maintaining high educational standards.


23 posted on 12/08/2023 3:26:24 PM PST by beekay (Missing Trump yet? )
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To: devane617

A is for Average.


24 posted on 12/08/2023 3:30:54 PM PST by glorgau
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To: devane617

When everybody gets a medal, the medal is definitely cheapened.


25 posted on 12/08/2023 3:31:59 PM PST by SamAdams76 (6,508,933 Truth | 87,456,907 Twitter)
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To: devane617

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26 posted on 12/08/2023 3:37:10 PM PST by dennisw (Be positive. Every day is another day.)
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To: devane617

It simply means that anyone stupid enough to go there deserves to get a diploma from there. A diploma from there will maybe get you a job at a fast-food joint - as long as the job doesn’t require handling any money.


27 posted on 12/08/2023 3:51:21 PM PST by norwaypinesavage (The power of the press is not in what it includes, rather, it's in that which is omitted.)
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To: blackdog

I think there is a growing concern(possibly justified) that many places may not hire based on what college you attended. Sure glad I saved my money.


28 posted on 12/08/2023 4:20:20 PM PST by oldtech
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To: devane617

It’s been this way for decades. Was the same when I attended Stanford in the 80s. They used to say “the hardest part in getting in” which still holds true.


29 posted on 12/08/2023 4:30:47 PM PST by KingofZion
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To: KingofZion

Stanford in the 80’s I sure you earned your way through. Not so much today.


30 posted on 12/08/2023 4:35:21 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: devane617

https://archive.ph/Vavim


31 posted on 12/08/2023 4:43:34 PM PST by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: Chode

If you’re a BIPOC, they pay you AND give you A’s.


32 posted on 12/08/2023 6:48:03 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: aquila48

pretty much...


33 posted on 12/08/2023 8:02:03 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: hanamizu

Technical expertise has nothing to do with COMMON SENSE.


34 posted on 12/08/2023 11:10:07 PM PST by 5th MEB
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To: Chode

You gate an A solely on your political standing with the rest of the pukes


35 posted on 12/09/2023 2:52:42 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: devane617

“Nearly Everyone Gets A’s at Yale. Does That Cheapen the Grade?”

That’s a serious question?


36 posted on 12/09/2023 3:22:22 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (As God's children, we live on promises, not explanations - WiersbeIIRC, )
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To: devane617

Not really on point, but when I was in seminary in the ‘60s I sat next to a guy in Psych class who had just spent two years at Cornell. He said the basic rseminary classes were much tougher than most of them at Cornell.


37 posted on 12/09/2023 3:25:56 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (As God's children, we live on promises, not explanations - WiersbeIIRC, )
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To: Chode

Participation trophies...


38 posted on 12/09/2023 3:38:58 AM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: 5th MEB

Technical expertise has nothing to do with COMMON SENSE.


I agree, but it does have something to do with not being ‘stupid’, which was my point.


39 posted on 12/09/2023 7:26:04 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: ronnie raygun

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40 posted on 12/09/2023 10:06:44 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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