Grade Inflation Argumentative Essay

College students are no longer working hard to get a good grade in class because they have become accustomed to getting higher grades than they deserve. Grade inflation is the main cause of this way of thinking. Unsurprisingly, grade inflation in schools has become a subject that some have chosen to argue. An article entitled, “Grade Inflation Gone Wild,” by Stuart Rojstaczer, a former professor of geophysics at Duke University who has a PhD in Applied Earth Science, publisher of a book entitled Gone for Good: Tales for University Life After the Golden Age, and another article entitled, “Doesn’t Anybody Get a C Anymore?” by Phil Primack, an analyst, editor a journalist who teaches Journalism at M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, both suggests that grade inflation is problematic for college students today. On the contrary, there are some who believe that grade inflation is due in part to students being smarter nowadays than they were in the past. Ultimately, I argue that although grade inflation should be viewed undesirably because it makes the incentive for studying more, less desirable, …show more content…
Rojstaczer began collecting data on grades from eighty different colleges and universities then created a website that contains the data he found. The website address is www.gradeinflation.com.The website reports that grades have increased in both private and public schools in the United States. Another key point that Rojstaczer explains is that college students are bored because they are not spending enough time studying and are choosing to drink alcohol as a way to past the time away. Rojstaczer discusses how several colleges have begun making changes concerning grade inflation. Rojstaczer concludes by stating a call for action when he writes, “Colleges must roll up their sleeves, bring down inflated grades, and encourage real learning. (Rojstaczer