https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/05/28/most-common-grade-now-awarded-in-college-classes-a/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 13:09:04 -0400<![CDATA[As one University of Minnesota undergraduate student explained the rising GPA trend when evaluating a professor known as a rigorous grader, &#8220;We live in a grade-inflated world.&#8221; That University of Minnesota anthropology professor Karen-Sue Taussig suspects that today&#8217;s &#8220;grade-inflated world&#8221; can be traced to the growing cost of a college degree, i.e. today&#8217;s &#8220;tuition-inflated world.&#8221; As Taussig told the Star Tribune, &#8220;They&#8217;re paying for it, and they worked really hard, and they put in time, and therefore they think they should get a good grade.&#8221;]]>Mon, 28 May 2012 22:00:07 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/05/28/most-common-grade-now-awarded-in-college-classes-a-n279520