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More than inflation

Concerning The Cavalier Daily’s recent article on my grade inflation work (Research cites grade inflation as cause for national increase in GPA, 3/16/2009), I appreciate the newspaper creating awareness about the problem of grade inflation and think the article reflects my work accurately except in one respect. I do not believe nor did I mean to suggest that grade inflation is the sole factor for rising grades nationwide. It is the dominant factor nationwide, but at an institutional level, factors like increased student quality can and do play a subsidiary role.

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