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The Rise of Grade Inflation

The growing number of high marks has many professors—and some students—worried academic excellence is being cheapened. Has Dartmouth reached a breaking point?

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Overheard

Seniors dish up six-word memoirs before they graduate.

By Illustration by Peter Arkle

Published in the May - Jun 2014 Issue

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