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College, Reinvented

October 14, 2012

Grades Out, Badges In

By Jeffrey R. Young

What If We Got Rid of Grades

David Schwen for The Chronicle

Grades are broken. Students grub for them, pick classes where good ones come easily, and otherwise hustle to win the highest scores for the least learning. As a result, college grades are inflated to the point of meaninglessness—especially to

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