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Skewing the curve

By Zoe Tillman · Feb. 27, 2006

Some say Penn students are becoming smarter. Others assert that professors are loosening their standards. But whatever the reason, each year, grades are going up. During the 2004-05 academic year, 54 percent of grades given to students in the College of Arts and Sciences were A-minuses or higher, according to College administrators.

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