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Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Georgia's merit-based HOPE scholarships, which cover tuition and fees for over half the undergraduates at the University of Georgia, are credited for bringing better students to the university but also for bringing pressure for grade inflation to the institution. Recipients must maintain a B grade average. The university has become competitive…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Competition, Grade Inflation
