Law Schools steigern eigene Attraktivität durch rechnerische Verbesserung der Noten

Es klingt wieder einmal wie ein Stück aus Schilda, scheint aber ein unumkehrbarer Trend im Wettrüsten der Law Schools im Kampf um zahlende Kundschaft Studierendenschaft zu sein. Die New York Times berichtet: One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to a higher grade point average. But it’s not because they are all working harder. The school is retroactively inflating its grades, tacking on 0.333 to every grade recorded in the last few years. The goal is to make its students look more attractive in a competitive job market. In the last two years, at least 10 law schools have deliberately changed their grading systems to make them more lenient. These include law schools like New York University and Georgetown, as well as Golden Gate University and Tulane University, which just announced the change this month. Some recruiters at law firms keep track of these changes and consider them when interviewing, and some do not. In den U.S.-Blawgs wird schon an neuen Modellen gebastelt. Ein Vordenker führt aus: I propose that law schools adopt a “Frequent Flyer Model” to grading and sell grade increments. When I am short on American Airlines Frequent Flyer miles for that trip to Europe, I buy an extra 10k miles fo…