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Colleges Where the Professors Are Easy Graders

Colleges Where the Professors Are Easy Graders

on November 10, 2011 in Academics, Grades

Are college students getting smarter? If you looked at the grades they are “earning,” you might assume the answer is yes.  The average GPA in college is 3.1. At private schools, the norm is a 3.3 GPA. In contrast, the typical college student had an average GPA of 2.52 in the 1950s. (That’s just about [...]

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What's Happening to the Average GPA?

on March 5, 2010 in Academic majors, Academics, Grades

Are college students getting smarter? If you looked at the grades they are “earning,” you might assume the answer is yes.  The average GPA in college is 3.1. At private schools, the norm is a 3.3 GPA. In contrast, the typical college student had an average GPA of 2.52 in the 1950s. In nearly every [...]

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The Price of High School Success

on October 11, 2009 in Admissions, California universities, College readiness, Grades, Ivy League, Parents

Last week I was talking to the college counselor at my son’s high school about research findings that suggest that Asian students face much greater odds in getting into Ivy League and other elite institutions. During our conversation, the counselor took a hardback from his book-lined room and suggested I read it. School of Dreams: [...]

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The Secrets of Succeeding in College

on September 13, 2009 in Academic majors, College readiness, Grades, Other, Research

The biggest buzz last week in the higher-ed world was the release of a serious tome entitled, Crossing the Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities. The book, which was co-authored by William G. Bowen, a former Princeton president, and two other academics is chock-a-block full of stats and astute observations about why many students [...]

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Cutting the Cost of College With Better Grades

on May 11, 2009 in College Costs, Financial aid, Grades, SAT/ACT

One morning at a breakfast chat with parents at my son’s high school, the principal mentioned that he is always amazed at how few students at the end of each semester ask teachers how they might improve their grades. It should be a no brainer, the principal suggested, for students to ask their teachers if [...]

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