The Grade Gap: What the Brown University Exam Scandal Reveals About the Future of Higher Education
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July 22, 2026
By now, you have likely encountered the viral graphic: two starkly different grade distributions from a single economics course at Brown University. On the take-home midterm, the results appear skewed toward perfection, with the class average hitting a…
The Academic Currency Crisis: Why Grade Caps and "Shrinkflation" Threaten Higher Education
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July 7, 2026
When a student at Bowdoin College recently opted to switch her grading status from a standard letter grade to a "credit/D/fail" option, it wasn’t because she was struggling. In fact, she was excelling. She made the change because she was…
