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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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Anne Jakle '03

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Happy Feet

When the first week of June rolls around proud relatives of soon-to-be graduates arrive on campus with beautifully wrapped boxes, envelopes stuffed with checks and cars with giant, red bows affixed to their hoods. Perfect gifts for accomplished graduates appear in storefronts around town: Dr.
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