First-class degrees double in a decade as warnings
mount over Covid grade inflation
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/12/covid-cannot-excuse-grade-inflation-watchdog-says-first-class/
The Office for Students warns that handing out unmerited degrees ‘damages the reputation of English higher education’
Universities must not allow a ‘decade of grade inflation to be baked into the system’
https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-events/press-and-media/universities-must-not-allow-a-decade-of-grade-inflation-to-be-baked-into-the-system/
Related:
https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-events/blog/degrees-of-inflation-ensuring-the-credibility-and-reliability-of-higher-education-qualifications/
There's a simple solution to the problem of grade inflation
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/05/simple-solution-problem-grade-inflation/
Some universities already rank students - putting it on the degree certificate would immediately help employers
My Take:
Is the US higher education bubble about to burst?
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/590971-will-the-us-higher-education-bubble-finally-burst
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/12/covid-cannot-excuse-grade-inflation-watchdog-says-first-class/
The Office for Students warns that handing out unmerited degrees ‘damages the reputation of English higher education’
Universities must not allow a ‘decade of grade inflation to be baked into the system’
https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-events/press-and-media/universities-must-not-allow-a-decade-of-grade-inflation-to-be-baked-into-the-system/
Related:
https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-events/blog/degrees-of-inflation-ensuring-the-credibility-and-reliability-of-higher-education-qualifications/
There's a simple solution to the problem of grade inflation
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/05/simple-solution-problem-grade-inflation/
Some universities already rank students - putting it on the degree certificate would immediately help employers
My Take:
Is the US higher education bubble about to burst?
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/590971-will-the-us-higher-education-bubble-finally-burst