Grades Rise Dimming Academic Honors Across Colleges
A trend of grade inflation has lifted average GPAs across campuses. Honors such as dean's list Phi Beta Kappa membership and cum laude distinctions are losing some prestige as averages climb by roughly half a grade in recent years. Coe
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Phi Beta Kappa
Coe
Kirkwood
Napier
Charles Lindsay
Lindsay
Tom Nickels
Mt. Mercy College Business Department
Mercy
Dean Hauser
Hauser
Iowa
Travis
Ithaca College
New York
Nickels
Grade inflation debate spans several colleges and causes
College officials note rising GPAs since the late 1960s with averages climbing at Coe University, Mt. Mercy, Cornell, and others. Causes cited include student smarts, pass fail options, evolving standards, small classes, and shifting attitudes toward grades. Officials stress integrity, the limits of GPA, and a preference for traditional A F scales despite pressures.
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Cornell
Charles Milhauser
Ron Napier
Kirkwood
Coe
Jacobs
Stuit
Sturt
Mt. Mercy
Milhauser
Stuff
University
Lindsay
Hauser
Nick
It’s Your Business Meetings This Week in Linn and Cedar Rapids
Public and tax spending agencies list a full schedule across Linn county and Cedar Rapids. Observances include Washingtons birthday closures and numerous regular and special meetings at Linn Health Center, courthouse rooms, city hall chambers, and area boards such as planning commissions, civil service, and the airport commission.
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Linn Courthouse
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Washington
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Marion
Linn Handicapped Systems Board of Managers
Linn Health Center
Third Avenue SE
Linn Citizen's Committee On
Linn Conference Board
Linn Conservation Board
Fairgrounds
Central City
Linn Civil Service Commission
Linn Board of Health
Center Point Road
Hiawatha Plan and Zoning Commission
Hiawatha City Hall
Linn Department of Social Services
Cedar Rapids City Urban Renewal Board
City Hall
Cedar Rapids City Library Board
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Air Traffic Up in 1975 Despite December Rise
The Air Traffic Association reports that domestic scheduled airline traffic rose 1.3 percent for the year ending December 31 1975 versus 1974. December alone saw a 5.4 percent rise, while total domestic and international traffic grew 4.4 percent in December. Overall 1975 U.S. scheduled traffic fell 0.4 percent.
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Washington
Floating buoy warning for mariners at sea
The U S coast guard cautions yachtsmen not to rely on a single aid to navigation such as a floating buoy. Due to imprecise positioning, weather and sea conditions, seabed slope, and buoy attachments, buoys can move or sink. Mariners should use fixed shore objects for bearings.
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Nickels
San Francisco
U.S. Coast Guard
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John Jacobs
University of Iowa
Dewey B. Stuit
College of Liberal Arts
Travis Hauser
S-U
Els
Judy Daubenmier
Civil Defense
Gazette
Sun
Advent
B&o
Third Ave. S.E
Boyson's
Jzweler
American Cem Society
Jewelry Jf Company
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