Conclusions reached in this research concerning student evaluation of university economics courses are easier grading is positively correlated with teaching evaluations; faculty will adopt easier grading policies if they are experiencing falling real incomes from teaching; and grade-evaluation relationships should be considered within the context…

Reviews and extends arguments regarding influences of grades and grading structures on student evaluations of instruction. Original arguments were set forth in the Journal of Economic Education. Concludes that grade inflation will encourage students to perceive their education as inferior and will not result, in the long run, in positive course…

Individual semester-by-semester undergraduate grade point average for each of the eight semesters of the collegiate academic life cycle for five entire student cohorts for the classes of 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 at a large, private university in the northeast (N = 12,663) reveal a "check-mark" pattern: students' grades fell in…

Reports a study of the interrelationship between grade inflation and student evaluation ratings. Findings indicated that unadjusted student evaluations are inappropriate determinants of tenure or promotion. An adjustment procedure to remedy the problem is presented. R.C. Scott criticizes Zangenehzadeh's model and proposes a different one.…

This article concludes that as instructors inflate their grades, student evaluation ratings of instructors will increase. (DE)