The growth of grade inflation has become a nationwide pandemic and is rapidly growing as American’s continue to disregard this problem. The virus has spread to colleges including Harvard and Stanford like white blood cells drawn to an infection.
Compared to other countries, the United States consistently ranks lower than foreign countries on international tests. Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein extracted data from average national test scores to examine the claim of Americans scoring the lowest on academic assessments. The findings pointed out that even when factors such as socioeconomic status were compared to an equal opponent American students continually came out on the bottom. Yet, never once has the United States significantly outranked …show more content…
In a world where money is equivalent to power and opportunities, the school’s reputation must be upheld. Winai Wongsurawat analyzed admission decisions in the years 1995, 2000, and 2007, the years in which grade inflation seems to have arisen, to point out a steady increase in school attendance. In 1995, the economy was booming and individuals were motivated to further their education. In the early 2000’s a recession hit, much like the Global Financial Crisis in 2007, which threatened the collapse of large financial institutions. It is important to note that student interest and attendance amplified during each of these economy altering events. It has been noted that in each recession college attendance has amplified. With an abundant amount of students looking to attend college, schools wanted to be seen as the number one choice. In doing so, universities strive for reputations which attract individuals to attend the school. Schools with high grade point averages and graduation rates are viewed as superior to those with lower figures, thus grade inflation transpires. It is argued that grades are becoming less credible because the student’s true potential is not being calculated. This has affected the types of jobs students are obtaining in college afterlife because their grades match the qualifications, but their abilities are inaccurately …show more content…
In his day and age, technology can be utilized for a multitude of actions. There has been a rise in student based websites with several negative impacts. Students are logging into websites such as ratemyprofessor.com and Pick-A-Professor.com to determine the characteristics of their professors before class is in session. While this may seem like a helpful tool, many students are being less than honest and using these websites to work the grading system. For example, two students who take the same classes for a semester except one have drastically different GPAs. Student has a higher GPA and is more likely to find a job than student B who has a lower GPA. However, student A used website to seek out professors who are easy in order to obtain high grade without the difficulties student B will face by taking the harder professor. Student B now faces repercussions for following the academic code of honesty. This form of grade inflation inaccurately separates students who have high academic achievements to those who merely tried to get by. This leads to unequal standards and ineffective job
Compared to other countries, the United States consistently ranks lower than foreign countries on international tests. Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein extracted data from average national test scores to examine the claim of Americans scoring the lowest on academic assessments. The findings pointed out that even when factors such as socioeconomic status were compared to an equal opponent American students continually came out on the bottom. Yet, never once has the United States significantly outranked …show more content…
In a world where money is equivalent to power and opportunities, the school’s reputation must be upheld. Winai Wongsurawat analyzed admission decisions in the years 1995, 2000, and 2007, the years in which grade inflation seems to have arisen, to point out a steady increase in school attendance. In 1995, the economy was booming and individuals were motivated to further their education. In the early 2000’s a recession hit, much like the Global Financial Crisis in 2007, which threatened the collapse of large financial institutions. It is important to note that student interest and attendance amplified during each of these economy altering events. It has been noted that in each recession college attendance has amplified. With an abundant amount of students looking to attend college, schools wanted to be seen as the number one choice. In doing so, universities strive for reputations which attract individuals to attend the school. Schools with high grade point averages and graduation rates are viewed as superior to those with lower figures, thus grade inflation transpires. It is argued that grades are becoming less credible because the student’s true potential is not being calculated. This has affected the types of jobs students are obtaining in college afterlife because their grades match the qualifications, but their abilities are inaccurately …show more content…
In his day and age, technology can be utilized for a multitude of actions. There has been a rise in student based websites with several negative impacts. Students are logging into websites such as ratemyprofessor.com and Pick-A-Professor.com to determine the characteristics of their professors before class is in session. While this may seem like a helpful tool, many students are being less than honest and using these websites to work the grading system. For example, two students who take the same classes for a semester except one have drastically different GPAs. Student has a higher GPA and is more likely to find a job than student B who has a lower GPA. However, student A used website to seek out professors who are easy in order to obtain high grade without the difficulties student B will face by taking the harder professor. Student B now faces repercussions for following the academic code of honesty. This form of grade inflation inaccurately separates students who have high academic achievements to those who merely tried to get by. This leads to unequal standards and ineffective job