The Great Shadow Grade Debate

Inside Higher Ed: College is designed to be more rigorous than high school, but first-semester grades can still be a rude awakening for freshmen at competitive colleges -- many of whom are accustomed to high marks. And some faculty members and administrators argue that worrying about grades can prevent these students from taking the kinds of intellectual risks they’re supposed to in college -- or at least from focusing on real understanding over rote learning.

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