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Ivy League grade inflation 常春藤联盟分数贬值 Grade expectations 分数期望 An A is not what it used to be A等分数今非昔比，光芒褪色 WE DO not release statistics on grade-pointaverages so we can t speak to the accuracy of theinformation you have. That was a flack for Yale, but other Ivy League collegeswith the partialexception of Princetonwere equally reluctant to discuss their grading practices with TheEconomist. 我们并不发布有关平均绩点的统计数据因此无法回应你所持有的信息的准确性。这是耶鲁大学的宣传手段，但是其他的常春藤联盟高校，除了普林斯顿大学之外，都不愿与《经济学人》讨论他们的打分详情。 Are they trying to hide something? Perhaps. Stuart Rojstaczer, a critic of grade inflation, hasestimated average grades over time by combining dozens of unofficial and official sources. Theresults are startling . In 1950, Mr Rojstaczer estimates, Harvard s average gradewas a C-plus. An article from 2013 in the Harvard Crimson, a student newspaper, revealed thatthe median grade had soared to A-minus: the most commonly awarded grade is an A. Thestudents may be much cleverer than before: the Ivies are no longer gentlemen s clubs for richknuckleheads. But most probably, their marks mean less. | 
