February 14, 2003

Professor Compiles GPA Database to Confront Grade Inflation

Stuart Rojstaczer, a professor of environmental science at Duke University, hasn't given a student a C in more than two years. He admits he is part of a nationwide problem of grade inflation, but he says colleges must work together to deal with the issue.

As a step in that direction, Mr. Rojstaczer has compiled a database of average grade-point averages over time at various four-year colleges and placed the information on his Web site, http://gradeinflation.com. So far, he has data

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