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2.9 and rising.
, Four years earlier, the
average GPA was 2.7,
Fowles said.
Fowles attributed the
grade rise to contract
grading, liberalized pass
fail privileges and similar
techniques which give stu
dents increased control
over their grades.
In contract grading, a
teacher and student agree
a certain amount of work
is worth a D, so much
more is worth a C and so
on up to A. Pass-fail priv
ileges vary among col
leges. The College of Arts
and Sciences allows up to
24 hours cf pass-fail.
Associate English Pro
fessor Stephen Hilliard
attributes grade inflation
to two other forces.
Hilliard isi chairman of
the Faculty Senate Grad
ing Committee.
He said the rising CPAs
reflect a nationwide trend.
it is partially due to
educational philosphies of
younger intructors who
"emphasize the carrot
more than the stick," he
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It is fostered, he said,
by expectations of stu
dents who, reeiving fewer
and fewer Cs, see the
grade as increasingly se
vere. Teachers can t help
but pick up that sentiment,
he said.
For all purposes, Hil
liard said, a B has the
effect a C used to. I!
pulls a student's GPA into
a range considered aver
age by more and more
employers and graduate
schools.
He said he sees no
problem with that because
it's compensated for on all
levels.
The problem, he said, is
instructors who hang on to
old grading scales, giving,
students Cs for average
work, although B is the
accepted statistical aver
age. Hilliard said he would
like the grade D removed.
He rarely gives Ds, he
said, because C has the
effect D used to.
That C is now D is one
argument for letting stu
dents retake a course in
which they scored a C, he
said. University policy
now allows students to
retake courses in which
they scored a D or F.
In fact, that Is one
suggestion included in a
Faculty Senate survey Hil
liard just compiled. He
said the results will not be
released until they're re
ported to the Grading
Commmittee this fall.
Three hundred and for
ty instructors, more than
half the UNL faculty,
responded with opinions
on grading techniques,
Hilliard said
One question concerned
withdraw privileges, he
said. As it stands, stu
dents must show their
college deans convincing
evidence the students
must withdraw. And they
must withdraw from all
their classes.
Hilliard said the. ques
tion concerns letting stu
dnts withdraw from only
one ciass, at the discretion
of that instructor.
Some teachers favor
that as a "more realistic"
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incompletes (Is) to some
students, how the only
option. .
"There are some stu
dents are just not likely
ever to complete a course
and teachers know that
when they give them
incompletes," he said.
He said an I looks worse
than a Won a student's
grade transcript but "too
much of either looks bad
so it's still a punishment."
Another question con
cerned a University-wide
definition of a pass in
pass-fail.
Should it be D or better
or C or better? Or should
it remain at the discretion
of the instructor?
Hilliard said there is
interest, among faculty in
"academic bankruptcy."
It would aljow a sudent
once to drop or withdraw
from all his courses with
out giving a reason and
with no one's permission.
It is in response to cases
when students have what
are generally considered
valid reasons for leaving,
but their reasons are not
covered under University
policies.
' Another question con
cerned standardizing grad
ding sysems between UNL
ana the University of
Nebraska at Omaha.
UNO has an A-B-C-D-F
system, UNL's includes
pluses.
UNO voted several
years ago not to adopt a
system with pluses, Hil
liard said, so any changes
would likely come 'from
UNL.
Hiiliard said there's in
flation other than grades
at American universities.
"There is a massive
overproduction of college
graduates on all livels,"
he said.
A study by economist
Eli Ginzberg, reported in
a 1972 Public Interest
magazine, said the total
United States workforce
will increase 20 per cent
from 1968 to 1980.
But during that time,
the number of college
graduates with bachelors
degrees will increase 50
per cent; those with mas
ters degrees, 100 percent;
graduates on all levels,"
and Ph.D.s more than 115
percent.
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