UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING GRADE INFLATION:

Whereas, the Faculty Senate 2005 Ad Hoc committee on grade inflation found evidence of significant grade inflation at the University, and,

Whereas, the Faculty Senate voted in May 2005 that “faculty discuss grade distribution on an annual basis” and,

Whereas, the Faculty Senate voted in May 2005 that “the distributions of grades across departments be made public” and,

Whereas, many faculty believe that transparency in grade distribution is important. Be it therefore resolved that:

Resolution 1: the Faculty Senate requests that the Registrar’s Office annually provide each unit’s chair with information about grade distributions for each course and section taught in that unit;

Resolution 2: the Faculty Senate recommends that unit chairs discuss grade distributions with faculty;

Resolution 3: the Faculty Senate requests that the Office of Institutional Research provide public and timely postings of aggregate grade distributions across units and colleges.