Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's

The authors of all the four novels Ana Quindlen of Peaceful Minds, Brent Staples of why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's, David Broks of Gender Gap and Jennifer Britz of the deans daughter gets a thin envelope. In “Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's,” Brent Staples argues that all college students are receiving high marks they don't deserve. He warns that if this continues, “diplomas will become weaker and more ornamental as the years go by.” (392). But grade inflation is certainly not the threat Staples claims. In fact, there are many good reasons college professors should consider adjusting their grading policies so that most students earn A's and B's. Consider for instance the case of Carl, a freshman at the Clemson University. Carl is the first person in his family to go to college. He comes from a single parent home, and because he's had to work all throughout high school to help his mother support the family, he isn't as well prepared as he could be for his college classes. After passing only two of his classes in the fall, he's now in danger of losing his scholarship and having to withdraw from school. Teachers' corruption in the classroom is one of the most serious issues, since it involves and may harm students directly. In many developing countries, the relationship between students and teachers is not equal (or horizontal); rather, it is regarded as a vertical relationship, in which teachers have superior powers over students. If corruption occurs in such a power relationship, it tends to result in exploitation. Corruption in the classroom can also destroy equal opportunity in education; for example, some students gain education opportunities by paying bribes to the disadvantage of poorer students. Another anxiety is that prolonged corruption in an educational environment will create a reproductive process that produces corrupt students. David Broks has highleted more on Teachers' corruption in the classroom is one of the most serious issues, since it involves and may harm students directly. In many developing countries, the relationship between students and teachers is not equal (or horizontal); rather, it is regarded as a vertical relationship, in which teachers have superior powers over students. If corruption occurs in such a power relationship, it tends to result in exploitation. Corruption in the classroom can also destroy equal opportunity in education; for example, some students gain education opportunities by paying bribes to the disadvantage of poorer students. Another anxiety is that prolonged corruption in an educational environment will create a reproductive process that produces corrupt students. It is important to define the type of “favours” (educational or otherwise) that are provided or expected from teachers when students are involved in the payment of bribes, either voluntarily or involuntarily. For example, where a teacher collects additional fees from students for scheduled classroom tutoring, the link is obvious; the incentive is cash and the reward is classroom tutoring. However, incentives and rewards can be diverse and as ...