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| Credit No Credit Grading | 1 |
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Download full textSuslow, Sidney – 1976
Surveyed are undergraduate grading practices and their impact on graduate admissions. A diversity of reasons are offered by the respondent universities and institutes for the dramatic rise in undergraduate grade-point averages since the mid-1960's. These speculations focus on changes in student and faculty behavior, innovations in grading systems,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Credit No Credit Grading, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average
