A very entertaining and funny piece by Nathaniel Stein
On a more serious note,
For a background on grade inflation at the Ivy Leagues, see:
http://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2013/12/dangers-posed-by-grade-inflation.html
UPDATE:
Mitch Daniels and Jim Clifton discuss an alternate measure
of Higher-Ed success in their WSJ op-ed. They rightly note:
“The American higher
education system is the world's best. Yet even this great system, which is a
magnet for the brightest and most motivated students from around the world, is
facing hard, unprecedented questions: Are too many young people going to college?
Are they learning anything meaningful while they are there? Can whatever they
are learning possibly be worth the escalating costs they are paying, or the
soaring debt they are incurring?
Gallup's hundreds of
business clients report that many, if not most, college diplomas don't tell
them much about graduates' readiness for productive work. Average grades have
been inflated, and just about every business leader knows it. Degrees are
increasingly awarded in subjects of questionable academic—let alone market—value.
Many employers today see a diploma as something that shows a student had the
brains to be admitted to college and maybe the discipline to finish. But they
sure don't see those pieces of paper as proof that a graduate is remotely
prepared for workplace performance or leadership.”