{"product_id":"grade-inflation-lester-h-hunt-9780791474976","title":"Grade Inflation: Academic Standards in Higher Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative and provocative discussion of the key issues surrounding grade inflation and its possible effects on academic excellence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a provocative look at the issues and controversies surrounding grade inflation, and, more generally, grading practices in American higher education. The contributors confront the issues from a number of different disciplines and varying points of view. Topics explored include empirical evidence for and against the claim that there is a general upward trend in grading, whether grade inflation (if it exists) is a problem, which ethical considerations are relevant to grading, and whether heavy reliance on anonymous student evaluations of teaching excellence has a distorting effect on grading practices. Finally, the contributors offer contrasting perspectives on the prospects for reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lester H. Hunt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791474976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791474976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2008 pg. 19","brand":"Lester H. Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48807870890239,"sku":"9780791474976","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grade-inflation-lester-h-hunt-9780791474976","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}