Comment Bad Premise (Score 5, Interesting) 125
If 90% of students in a class complete the required work, and score above 90% on an exam, then they are all deserving of an A. If a class is supposed to teach a set curriculum and the students master that curriculum, they deserve an A. Doesn't matter if it is 1 in 30 or 29 of 30 students.
Harvard does not admit "C" students from high school. They only admit students who have earned top marks in high school. Which means that the students there are generally pretty smart in the first place. Which seems to infer that the majority would be capable of achieving high marks in college as well.
Now if the class has a grading curve then it could be argued that that the curve is too generous.
Also, there is a big difference between freshman general ed classes - required for all majors - versus high-level classes that are specific to one's major. Is the grade inflation in the general ed classes or the higher level classes?