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This is the result of a user pays education system. If I was dropping a 100K on a degree then I'd expect all HD's. And those that do spend as much money expect
by gonzo41 11y ago
This is the result of a user pays education system. If I was dropping a 100K on a degree then I'd expect all HD's.
And those that do spend as much money expect the same. So how do you differentiate yourself from all the others with the same degree and same grades? go get more schooling. thus grade inflation and degree inflation.
Down in Australia, its less of this and more "you should be thanking me for giving you 51% in physical and computational chemistry".
edit - long day == giving up on spelling
- quonn 11y agoThis argument is not very convincing, since grade inflation is also real in Germany, even though education is free here. I actually think it comes down to the fact that everyone feel that the middle class is in decline, which creates a more competitive environment and makes grades seem more important, so people work harder on that (which is not to say that others were lazy before - just maybe not optimising for good grades).
- gonzo41 11y agoWell maybe I'm am just bad at physical chemistry then. It may also have some relation to weather a university is marking its students against each other or against criteria, if there is a bar to be passed, maybe the use of grades is irrelevant. Its should just be pass/fail, no other metric attached.