University of Minnesota

As the image to the left suggests, grade inflation doesn’t get good press for academia.  Inside Higher Ed today points to an interesting story on grade inflation concerns at the U of Minnesota that appeared in the The Star Tribune: A University of Minnesota chemistry professor has thrust the U into a national debate about grade inflation and the rigor of college, pushing his colleagues to stop pretending that average students are excellent and start making clear to employers which students are earning their A’s. “I would like to state my own alarm and dismay at the degree to which…

Minnesota public radio reports on a new report by the College. The report it refers to is described in an executive summary (below). Scroll to the bottom to hear the broadcast. CLA 2015 Committee Final Report to Dean James A. Parente, Jr., College of Liberal Arts – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities The complete report is at http://images.cla.umn.edu/cla2015/CLA2015_Complete_FINAL.pdf Executive Summary This report is a call for renewal, collaboration, and partnership: • The College of Liberal Arts must reorganize internally and become more efficient and more focused in order to provide better education for our students and better support for our…