As often happens with attention-grabbing issues in higher education, much of the conversation about grade inflation is focused on the most-selective colleges. But Peter Burkholder, a professor of ...

Students sometimes ask professors to round their grade up to the next highest letter grade. This practice is known as grade bumping. (Photo illustration by Preston Crawley) The end of a semester can ...

Most professors do not think the repeal of the grade deflation policy will have a marked effect on their grading, according to close to 50 interviews conducted by The Daily Princetonian in the days ...

It’s not uncommon for students to run into issues with their professors. While most professors are supportive of students and invested in their learning, students frequently encounter at least one ...

A professor has the obligation to assign grades in accordance with the guidelines established by the campus at which he or she teaches (“Court Says Public University Can Fire Professor for Refusing to ...

When students offer academic advice to others, one of the most commonly overheard statements might be about a teacher’s grading scale, one student steering the other away from a former professor ...

"Dear Psych 208 students: Apparently we goofed." So began psychology professor Barry Jacobs' email to students Tuesday, one day after he inadvertently disclosed every student's midterm, precept and ...

A professor at a “large public university” bumped up the average grade of an entire class... after one student demonstrated her integrity upon receiving an erroneously high test score. “A student ...