Better Off Without Grading Scales Stuart Rojstaczer, the author of “Grade Inflation Gone Wild,” believed that grade inflation was the downfall of education as we know it. Rojstaczer thought that grade inflation was producing lazy students with a drinking problem (Rojstaczer). In actuality students in public universities don’t have the advantage of grade inflation like more elite, prestigious schools. Students from public universities are often at a disadvantage since graduate schools and employers are looking at recommendations more than grades and they have to work harder for a higher GPA due to the lack of grade inflation. It is time to step away from the current grading scale since it is unequal across the board. Many employers and graduate
