SKJust learned that grade inflation dates back at least to the post-war period
(i.e. LLMs are climax of a VERY long-lasting deterioration process)
- https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/10/3/barton-grade-inflation/
- https://gradeinflation.com/
Grade Inflation: What Goes Up Must Come Down | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
The damage of grade inflation has largely been done as there’s no hope of returning to a grading scheme where a C is average. But we can still resolve the growing threat of grade compression before it wreaks further havoc on Harvard’s education. Maybe it’s time for another “Committee on Raising the Standard” — 128 years later.