Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Talk about grade inflation!

In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That - NYTimes.com:
"The school [Loyola Law School Los Angeles] is retroactively inflating its grades, tacking on 0.333 to every grade recorded in the last few years. The goal is to make its students look more attractive in a competitive job market.

In the last two years, at least 10 law schools have deliberately changed their grading systems to make them more lenient.