Add to this that professors seeking tenure benefit from high enrollment in their classes, and nothing spurs enrollment like the reputation of an easy A. The on

Add to this that professors seeking tenure benefit from high enrollment in their classes, and nothing spurs enrollment like the reputation of an easy A. The only solution I can think of to all of this is to maintain a second number along with GPA, which is a weighted average of averages in every class the student took. Earning an A- in a course where the average is a 2.5 becomes more valuable than getting handed an A in a course where the average is a 3.9.