# Grade Inflation in Higher Education

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Podcast: [Faculty Matters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/faculty-matters-7086523)
Published: 2025-03-31T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, Mark Horowitz, Assoc. Professor of Sociology, discusses grade inflation in the academy. Is it a reality and, if so, how might we address it? Links: “Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET): Why the Emperor Has No Clothes and What We Should Do About It” “Undeserved” Grades or “Underserved” Students? Faculty Anxieties and Eroding Standards in the Corporate University” “Student Evaluations of Teaching Encourages Poor Teaching and Contributes to Grade Inflation: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis”

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