The integrity of college standards has been in decline ever since federal subsidies turned higher education into a money game. Grade inflation helps keep students happy, enrolled, and paying, so why not give them all A’s?

In today’s Martin Center article, Professor Scott Yenor argues that the federal government can and should act to stop grade inflation.

He writes:

Grade inflation requires a national solution. Studies of grade inflation have, to this point, been haphazard and voluntary. The website GradeInflation.com, established by Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy, is the most comprehensive guide to the subject. Yet, as Beckie Supiano, a reporter at the Chronicle of Higher Education, said in a recent podcast, “It is kind of surprising that there doesn’t seem to be a more national, comprehensive look at this.” The first step toward a national solution is a comprehensive clearinghouse for grade inflation.

Yenor’s solution involves using the Department of Education’s leverage over schools that want to continue getting federal funds.

Read the whole thing.