the university is indirectly cheating when they publish statistics about the grades their students get. Not really as long as they don't guarantee that grade X

the university is indirectly cheating when they publish statistics about the grades their students get. Not really as long as they don't guarantee that grade X guarantees a specific skill level. Clearly there is a usable correlation between grades and skill, but it's not super reliable, whence coding tests, interviews, requirements for n years experience, and so on.