Comment on College students should study moreComments−feedforward2yAs the chart shows, the real spike in grade inflation is when the US government effectively used GPA as a measure for whether or not young men were sent off to patrol villages next to rice paddies in Vietnam.−Clubber2yAlso, if you attended college, you got a draft deferment. There were quite a few Ph.Ds awarded in that period.https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23300/report/u-s-doctorate-awa...
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As the chart shows, the real spike in grade inflation is when the US government effectively used GPA as a measure for whether or not young men were sent off to patrol villages next to rice paddies in Vietnam.
Also, if you attended college, you got a draft deferment. There were quite a few Ph.Ds awarded in that period.
https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23300/report/u-s-doctorate-awa...