Grade inflation discourse often engages with letter grades as instrumental means to an end: workforce employability, grad-school competitiveness, post-college salaries, and social mobility. At Pomona College, though, debates over grade inflation are also debates about what a liberal arts education should demand of its students.
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Colleges update grading policy for 5C consistency
The 5Cs are aligning their grading policies, with Scripps College, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College joining the consortium in adopting a 4.0 grade point average system.
OPINION: Mandatory universal pass/no credit is a terrible solution
Lots of students have reasons for needing or wanting letter grades this semester. A universal pass/no credit system won’t help them.