{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-30T03:03:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T03:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/tacthyptxt\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2012-11-06T00:49:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T00:49:07","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/tacthyptxt\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s the good news, and well, there’s always the bad news.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The good news:<\/em> Grades at American colleges and universities are, with one exception<\/a>, improving dramatically. For a myriad of possible reasons and without particular regard to any of them, as students, we rejoice.<\/p>\n

The bad news: <\/em>We’re not better students than our parents, nor are we becoming substantially brighter. All of a sudden, that myriad of reasons has been cropped down to the ones that aren’t half as savory.<\/p>\n

By mutual exclusivity, the good and bad news in conjunction yield the fact of the matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fact of the<\/em>\u00a0matter: Grades are supposed to be a reliable indicator of intellectual performance and work ethic. Grades that are going up for no good reason only serve as a worse indicator. They mean less to graduate schools, they mean less to employers; they serve only to confound good, mediocre, and poor students. Present value in a once-coveted ‘A’ is becoming primarily symbolic.<\/p>\n

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The only equivalently symbolic and shameful ‘A’. Source: badrap-blog.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

This research hypertext concerns itself primarily with this fission-esque trend<\/a> — that is to say, one that proliferates without assistance — and the devaluation of America’s darling four-year degree<\/a>, the professional cover charge. And it’s not just students who should be concerned as tomorrow’s employees and graduate students; instructors, for the integrity and continued prosperity of their disciplines<\/a>, ought to challenge grade inflation too. After all, the consequences of inaction could be dire<\/a> — including reduced civic functionality, a less competitive workforce, and potentially even physically dangerous eventualities.<\/p>\n

Welcome to my tactical hypertext.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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