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In the UK, at the university level, grade inflation is often related to the high annual cost of tuition. Students are increasingly treating university as a pai
by was_a_dev 4y ago
In the UK, at the university level, grade inflation is often related to the high annual cost of tuition.
Students are increasingly treating university as a paid service with universities treating students as customers.
Failing too many students is a failure in the service provided - bringing the university into some sort of liability.
Further, students are working hard for the £50,000+ worth of student debt they accumulate. Which wasn't the case generations prior.
- sideshowb 4y agoThe main problem isn't liability, it's that failing too many students shows up in the league tables that prospective students use to choose a university.
- was_a_dev 4y agoAlso a strong factor. Someone has tried to sue Oxford university for failig to attain a first-class degree. Luckily the courts disagreed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42974641 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42974641
- roxgib 4y agoSame problem here in Australia, but honestly I don't blame the students - unis have turned themselves into businesses selling a service, students are just responding to that. And if I'm paying for a course, and I do all the coursework and make a reasonable good faith attempt at the assessment, I think it's reasonable to expect I'll pass. If the content was too hard for a significant portion of students are those student getting anything for their money?
- was_a_dev 4y agoGrade inflation is never the fault of students as they don't set the conditions of the course. They merely participate
- aidenn0 4y agoWhile I agree it's not their "fault," they pick which schools to go to and which classes to take, so it's not correct to say that they "merely participate"
- was_a_dev 4y agoAll universities in the UK operate under the same conditions. The choice of the student makes little difference. Other countries may differ