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Three-quarters of students in the UK now receive ‘good’ degrees, compared with just half 20 years ago. Is grade inflation an inevitable result of the marketisation of higher education and is the picture the same worldwide? Simon Baker examines the evid
Economics also seems to play a significant role in longitudinal grade inflation. Stone (1995) gives anecdotal evidence which suggests since higher education funding depends on enrollment, this encourages enrolling as many students as possible, and so lowering academic standards and, effectively, causing...
To understand why, it is important to step back and consider the basics of inflation. If you took economics in school, you likely learned that the basic cause of inflation is too much money in circulation and not enough to buy with it. If the supply of money grows too much relative to ...
If you watch this video, you’ll see that George doesn’t give the Federal Reserve a very high grade. Share this: Print Email Facebook X More Loading... Read Full Post » Ronald Reagan’s Most Under-Appreciated Triumph Posted in Economics, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Monetary ...
The Economics of Grade Inflation. Challenge (05775132), 50(5), 93-102. Retrieved September 21, 2008, from Business Source Premier database. EDITORIAL: Earning an A is supposed to be tough: Improving education would serve Radford students better than grade inflation. (2007, August 26)....
Without changes to the University system at large, Lecturer in Economics Alex Poterack believes that national grade inflation is here to stay. “As tuition has gone up, universities have moved to more of a model where students are the customer,” he wrote in an email to The Herald. ...
“pgl”, Your playground level responses are really a hoot. If you’ve still stuck at grade school level retorts at late middle age, I’m just openly wondering what you were like in grade school years. Did you form the ability to speak around the age of 10??
If, during this period, a high-grade, noncallable, long-term bond with a 12 percent coupon had existed, it would have sold far above par. And if it were a bond with a f urther unusual characteristic - which was that most of the coupon payments could be automatically reinvested at par...
before it lures back so-called crossover investors: the major developed-market investors who also dabble in emerging markets. Often managing big pots of money, they have in recent months sought exposure to emerging economies, especially investment-grade rated sovereigns in the Gulf or...