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A small liberal arts college in New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College has received national attention and recognition for attempting to buck the trend of grade inflation seen on the campuses of many American colleges and universities. At Saint Anselm, the top 25% of the class has a 3.1 GPA; the median grade at the college is around a 2.50 GPA.
[37] [36] Some members have received limited media coverage over perceived grade inflation and deflation. [38] [39] [36] The colleges are also known for a range of high and relatively low tuition rates and comprehensive fees. Some of the colleges have been named the most expensive in the United States. [40]
[256] [257] Subsequent reports and discussion from the report culminated to when in 2004, [256] Nancy Weiss Malkiel, the dean of the college, implemented a grade deflation policy to address the findings. [258] Malkiel's reason for the policy was that an A was becoming devalued as a larger percentage of the student body received one. [258]
‘Growing disparity’ between most and least advantaged students, say experts – as education secretary defends ‘rude’ comments about record grade-drop
The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate ...
The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate ...
The Boston University men's hockey team is the most successful on campus, and is a storied college hockey power, with five NCAA championships, most recently in 2009. The team was coached by hall-of-famer Jack Parker for 40 seasons, and is a major supplier of talent to the NHL, as well as to the 1980 USA Olympic gold medal-winning men's hockey team.
Below is the grading system found to be most commonly used in United States public high schools, according to the 2009 High School Transcript Study. [2] This is the most used grading system; however, there are some schools that use an edited version of the college system, which means 89.5 or above becomes an A average, 79.5 becomes a B, and so on.