Spell Endowed

“They aren’t studying more. When they graduate they are less literate. There’s no indication that the increase of grades nationwide is related to any increase in performance or achievement … Leaders are obsessed with national reputation and the size of their endowment and not very concerned about the quality of education.” So says Stuart Rojstaczer, a former science professor who has made it his mission to track grade inflation in higher education. Bottom line: Performance is about the same, but grades are a whole lot higher.

+ In 2013, 540,535 students passed the GED. In 2014, only 86,500 did. You don’t have to take high school math to know something must have changed. From The Daily Beast: Even an Ivy League grad can’t pass the new GED.