I love McGIll, i think their grade deflation policy needs to change. The peer institutions have changed over the past 3 decades, and McGill is disadvantaging their own graduates, particularly those in the bottom 3 quarters of the class, in a way that most U.S. institutions that are in the same league as McGIll no longer do; at least inasmuch as it relates to those segments of their own graduates.
Interested to hear thoughts on this out of step policy at McGIll. Is McGill paying attention to this issue, and what are their thoughts on it? What are their old defensese of it? Are the open minded to considering the impact on their graduates, particularly those looking to go to grad school or professional school, but also those entering the workforce where GPA’s are published on resumes?
Staying out of step, while it feels brave, what are the consequences other than feeling like you’ve taught that student in the 65th percentile in your class, that they’re now in University and not going to get all A’s like in High School?
If that’s the valualbe lesson sought, is there a way to deliver that to students while at school, but to correct corse on the final transcript, so that every graduate doesn’t have to enter the job market or apply to law school with an explanatory brochure explaining how a 2.79 gpa at McGill is “actually quite decent” and compares to a 3.5 + GPA at Pomona, Haverford, Hamilton College or Boston College?
Do McGIll’s averge students need to be flogged unlike Boston College’s just b/c grade inflation everywhere else is ridiculous and out of conrol?