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Deptula retired in 1995, having risen to the post of Executive Director and watched the Institute grow from a small center for Japanese studies to a major research foundation that funds lecture series and educational programs in both the U.S. and Japan...
Grades have risen almost every year since the beginning of the 20th century. But this epidemic has gained more attention as grade inflation intensified during the 1990s to the point that Cs have become virtually nonexistent. Today, only 6 percent of grades are below a B-minus, while almost 50 percent are As or A-minuses...
...quality of students has not noticeably improved over the last 15 years, have grades risen so much? We believe much of the blame falls, as Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 wrote in an e-mail to Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. ’53, on a “collapse of critical judgment” in evaluating undergraduate coursework. Harvard’s standards have atrophied to the point where mediocre work receives a B, and merely solid work receives an A-minus...
...least the spectators are giving Salt Lake City an unqualified vote of confidence. After an initial dip following Sept. 11, daily ticket sales have risen to an average of $200,000 a day in January; sales have already smashed the record set in Nagano. If Team USA gets the job done here, these Games will become the blue-print for securing high-profile events in a post-World Trade Center world. "This has become a training ground for national security," Utah's Republican Senator Orrin Hatch says proudly. "They're writing the rules here." Let's hope they work. Unlike...
Analyzing changes in SAT scores and increases in remedial education nationwide, Rosovsky and Hartley conclude that though grade point averages have steadily risen over the past four decades, student work has not improved enough to justify such growth...