Gustavo Lacerda: >You would think that smart employers would know to rate a B+ student from a tough-grading school more favorably than an A- student from an easy-grading school. But there are too many schools, and most employers aren't using a national database of with statistics about each school. Grade inflation ignorance can also be seen in the several organizations which equate GPAs across schools and majors, by for example setting minimum required GPAs to apply.
This is a powerful argument for the old school tie. Graduates of, say, the pharmacy school at the University of Texas at Austin have, and can easily update and refine, a good sense of just what a B+ from _that_ school means. Michael Michael E. Etchison Texas Wholesale Power Report MLE Consulting www.mleconsulting.com 1423 Jackson Road Kerrville, TX 78028 830) 895-4005
