Is Grade Inflation Related to Faculty Status?

Kezim, Boualem; Pariseau, Susan E.; Quinn, Frances

doi:10.3200/joeb.80.6.358-364

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“…A series of reports and institutional initiatives have unfolded over the last decade or so (see, for instance: Chalmers et al 2003;Junor 2004;Percy et al 2008;May et al 2008;Kezim et al 2005). But despite this good work clearly the situation has not changed.…”

Section: Strategy Five: Engage Sessional Academicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Increasing the Attractiveness of the Academic Profession: A Challenge for Management

Coates

Goedegebuure

Meek

2015

Forming, Recruiting and Managing the Academic Profession

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Section: Strategy Five: Engage Sessional Academicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Increasing the Attractiveness of the Academic Profession: A Challenge for Management

Coates

Goedegebuure

Meek

2015

Forming, Recruiting and Managing the Academic Profession

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“…The incoming GPA data was adjusted for grade inflation. Undergraduate grade inflation has been averaging approximately 0.015 per year over the past 30 years (Kezim, 2005). The difference between the average "unadjusted" and "adjusted" incoming GPA is 0.06.…”

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confidence: 95%

Customized Content Delivery for Graduate Management Education: Application to Business Statistics

Hall

2008

Journal of Statistics Education

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Globalization is bringing about a radical "rethink" regarding the delivery of graduate management education. Today, many students entering a residential MBA program do not possess an undergraduate degree in business. As a result, many business schools are increasingly turning to the Internet to provide "customized" instructional content to ensure that students can remain competitive throughout the program. The purpose of this paper is threefold: 1) to estimate student performance in a residential MBA program; 2) to outline a process for identifying specific learning support resources based on student backgrounds and capabilities; and 3) to illustrate the screening process in providing business statistics support content to students requiring additional preparation. The results show that neural net based classification techniques can effectively identify students for the purpose of providing additional learning resources. Business statistics is one area in which this screening process has been used to deliver specialized content to students with a variety of backgrounds enrolled in a MBA residential program.

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“…The situation is exacerbated if the instructor is on a temporary contract. The likelihood that faculty inflate grades in an effort to buy professional security is substantiated by lower ranked and untenured faculty giving higher grades than senior faculty (Sonner 2000: see also Kezim, Pariseau, and Quinn 2005;Oleinik 2009;Filetti et al 2010;Jewell, McPherson, and Tieslau 2011).…”

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Real GPA and Real SET: two antidotes to greed, sloth and cowardice in the college classroom

Koper

Felton

Sanney

et al. 2014

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

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Recently published evidence of limited learning among American college students confirms the damage done when students, faculty and institutions pursue interests that conflict with the educational process. The 'disengagement compact' in which faculty tacitly trade lenient workloads and grading for higher student evaluation of teaching (SET) scores and fewer complaints from students does damage wherever it operates. The work of Johnson confirms the link between SET and grade inflation. We propose a modification of an earlier grade index, the Real Grade Point Average (GPA), and propose as well an index for SET scores, the Real SET, to make inflated grades and inflated SET scores more visible. Used by institutions, parts of institutions or individual faculty, Real GPA and Real SET would encourage and protect faculty and students who offer or seek out educational experiences that have not been deflected by greed, sloth or cowardice.

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Is Grade Inflation Related to Faculty Status?

Cited by 59 publications

References 4 publications

Increasing the Attractiveness of the Academic Profession: A Challenge for Management

Increasing the Attractiveness of the Academic Profession: A Challenge for Management

Customized Content Delivery for Graduate Management Education: Application to Business Statistics

Real GPA and Real SET: two antidotes to greed, sloth and cowardice in the college classroom

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