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and there's also the Ivy League grade inflation... https://jamesgmartin.center/2025/11/harvard-admits-that-grades-have-lost-their-meaning/ https://jamesgmartin

• odyssey7 3mo ago
  That’s a different debate, and imo, the lack of a severe curve makes it safer for students to resist temptations to cheat. Severe curves ratchet up structural pressures for students to cheat, due to a prisoners’ dilemma effect in a zero-sum competitive environment. When there is a severe curve and students are able to cheat, acting with integrity becomes a failing strategy.