Grade deflation
Regarding “Editorial: Reexamining grade deflation” (Monday April 15, 2013):
I'm surprised that in all the discussion of grade deflation, there's one sense of deflation that's generally overlooked. I'm thinking of the administration's seeming disregard for the possibility that faculty might be able to take responsibility for grading without being subjected to threats. It looks as if, despite their distinctions as nationally and internationally recognized teachers and scholars, Princeton faculty members simply may not be trusted when it comes to determining a grade in a course they've otherwise somehow managed to devise and teach. However aggrieved students may feel about this policy, they should know that it is offensive in the extreme to me and many of my colleagues and should be reversed before any more harm is done.
Sincerely,
Paul Muldoon
Howard G.B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities
Professor of Creative Writing
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