Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface: What are the Issues? xiii
5. Acknowledgments xxv
6. The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation 1
7. Undergraduate Grades: A More Complex Story Than “Inflation” 13
8. Understanding Grade Inflation 45
9. Grade Inflation and Grade Variation: What’s All the Fuss About? 73
10. From Here to Equality: Grading Policies for Egalitarians 93
11. Grade “Inflation” and the Professionalism of the Professoriate 109
12. Fissures in the Foundation: Why Grade Conflation Could Happen 121
13. Grading Teachers: Academic Standards and Student Evaluations 153
14. Combating Grade Inflation: Obstacles and Opportunities 171
15. Grade Distortion, Bureaucracy, and Obfuscation at the University of Alabama 191
16. Afterword: Focusing on the Big Picture 201
17. Contributors 217
18. Index 219