{"id":2629,"date":"2014-01-10T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T20:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2014-01-10T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T20:01:36","slug":"conversation-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/conversation-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversation #22: Grade Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/podcast\/audio\/tlee022.mp3\">Conversation #22<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stuart Rojstaczer\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/podcast\/images\/stuartrojstaczer.jpg?w=625\" title=\"Stuart Rojstaczer\" \/><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\nI think there are serious deficiencies in today's higher education... If administrators and professors were honest with themselves, they would address them and improve the quality of education.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A conversation with Stuart Rojstaczer (formerly of <a href=\"http:\/\/duke.edu\/\">Duke University<\/a>) on teaching, learning and grade inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Links for this episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stuart Rojstaczer's <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuartr.com\/\">personal website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Conversation #22 I think there are serious deficiencies in today's higher education... If administrators and professors were honest with themselves, they would address them and improve the quality of education. A conversation with Stuart Rojstaczer (formerly of Duke University) on teaching, learning and grade inflation. 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