claim: "approximately 43 percent of all college grades today are a's, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960."
author: thomas lindsay
evidence_1: jul 15, 2011 ... the study found that about 43 percent of all letter grades given in four-year ...  grades given were a's, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960 and ...  usa today quotes the study's authors as saying that over the past 50 ...
evidence_2: jan 31, 2013 ... ... we poked behind lindsay's next statement: "approximately 43 percent of all  college grades today are a's, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960."  that's right, according to a study whose authors took our follow-up questions.  broadly, grade inflation took root in the vietnam war era, though a's ...
evidence_3: jul 14, 2011 ... ... finds that about 43 percent of all letter grades given are a's, an increase of 28  percentage points since 1960 and 12 percentage points since 1988. ... spend  significantly less time studying today than they did in the past.
evidence_4: aug 1, 2014 ... nearly tripled—43 percent of all grades are a's. in fact, an a is now the ... percent  of all college grades nationwide today are either a's or b's. studies show that ......  day are a's, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960,”.
evidence_5: feb 19, 2013 ... approximately 43 percent of all college grades today are a's, an increase of 28  percentage points since 1960. inflated grades only serve to ...