At top universities, the standards are high for teaching, research and student performance. But no standard could be high enough to make professors stick to a quota for letter grades.
Because university college grades have been increasing, Princeton is considering the implementation of a plan that would assign professors a percentage for the number of A grades they give students.
Though Ball State might not be like Harvard, Princeton or Yale, it is still an institution of higher learning that depends on grades to assess student performance. These grades help students pass classes, earn scholarship money and apply for further education.
With the proposed plan, Princeton professors would be allowed to give A grades to only a certain percentage of students. The most crucial flaw to this plan is how the professor will determine which students get an A on their transcript.
Grades are not a label. They are an indication of a person's effort and performance in a class. There are many solutions to the problem of more students earning higher grades.
Princeton professors could up the ante for grades. Most professors use the first exam or first large assignment as a way to gauge how a class will perform. Students of different abilities are not always evenly distributed in each course. Some are better at completing assignments, while others perform better on tests.
Higher education is more of a necessity recently than a privilege that only the elite could enjoy. It is up to university professors to make their classes accommodate the students who perform better by making things more challenging if need be.
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