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The grade inflation panic with Kevin Gannon

The grade inflation panic with Kevin Gannon

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Is grade inflation real, who cares, and why?

References and suggested readings:

  • Lisa M. Di Bartolomeo and Kevin M. Gannon, eds. 2026. The Campus Crisis Toolkit: Strategies and Solidarity for the Rest of Us. SUNY Press.
  • Joshua R Eyler. 2024. Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do About It. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Jane Nam. May 23, 2924. Grade Inflation in College: Trends and Why It Happens. Best Colleges.
  • Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files novel series.
  • Kevin R. McClure. 2025. The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace After the Great Resignation. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Catherine J. Denial. 2024. A Pedagogy of Kindness. University of Oklahoma Press.
  • Paulo Freire. 2021. Education for Critical Consciousness: With a New Introduction. Bloomsbury Academic.
  • bell hooks. 1994. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Routledge.
  • thetattooedprof.com
  • Bluesky @thetattooedprof

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