Too Much Talk Too Little Action Analysis
Academic Critique: Grade Inflation: Too Much Talk, Too Little Action
Introduction
In the article, “Grade Inflation: Too Much Talk, Too Little Action”, was written by Judson C. Faurer and Larry Lopez. The authors display a pervasive topic in education that affects students, faculty, administrators as well as employers. The article aims at exploring the rapid grade inflation impacts on society. They also layout different proposals to face this phenomenon. Judson Faurer, a professor in the management department, and Larry Loper, a professor in Business department, both at the university of Denves, which serves as a reliable and credible figure on an academic perspective, as both are in touch with the issue at hand. However, the authors did not take into account the different …show more content…
They pointed out to an extent the grading inflation affected different strata in the academic curriculum. However, their way of addressing the issue, in my opinion, is vague. They might have overlooked external factors that will raise along with the solutions they put in hand. According to Hopkins (2008) who states that, “Tracking leads students to take on labels.” which cause bullying and stereotyping of the lower achieving students (Hopkins, 2008). Another suggestion laid out is to replace student evaluation of faculty to the department or peer chair review, but having personal relationships between reviewers or the different standards of excellence and teaching style may vary. Thus, peer review processes can be biased (Joe Bandy, 2010). The repetition of information is also one of this article weaknesses. Although, the writers fail to notice all the aspects of their solutions proposed, they show commendable effort delivering the concern to the public. Their work would have been more credible if they backed up their argument with faculty or student’s surveys to convey their
Introduction
In the article, “Grade Inflation: Too Much Talk, Too Little Action”, was written by Judson C. Faurer and Larry Lopez. The authors display a pervasive topic in education that affects students, faculty, administrators as well as employers. The article aims at exploring the rapid grade inflation impacts on society. They also layout different proposals to face this phenomenon. Judson Faurer, a professor in the management department, and Larry Loper, a professor in Business department, both at the university of Denves, which serves as a reliable and credible figure on an academic perspective, as both are in touch with the issue at hand. However, the authors did not take into account the different …show more content…
They pointed out to an extent the grading inflation affected different strata in the academic curriculum. However, their way of addressing the issue, in my opinion, is vague. They might have overlooked external factors that will raise along with the solutions they put in hand. According to Hopkins (2008) who states that, “Tracking leads students to take on labels.” which cause bullying and stereotyping of the lower achieving students (Hopkins, 2008). Another suggestion laid out is to replace student evaluation of faculty to the department or peer chair review, but having personal relationships between reviewers or the different standards of excellence and teaching style may vary. Thus, peer review processes can be biased (Joe Bandy, 2010). The repetition of information is also one of this article weaknesses. Although, the writers fail to notice all the aspects of their solutions proposed, they show commendable effort delivering the concern to the public. Their work would have been more credible if they backed up their argument with faculty or student’s surveys to convey their