I have taught at non-elite schools and have observed that, particularly in classes without objective tests, there is a strong incentive for the professors to gr

I have taught at non-elite schools and have observed that, particularly in classes without objective tests, there is a strong incentive for the professors to grade up: https://jakeseliger.com/2015/01/13/what-incentivizes-professors-to-grade-honestly-nothing/ https://jakeseliger.com/2015/01/13/what-incentivizes-profess... Unhappiness about grades can also be transmuted into complaints and eventually investigations about other matters—a thing I've seen happen. There is something to the "They pretend to learn, and we pretend to teach" line, in many situations. (That I am observing this situation doesn't mean I approve of it.)