High Inflation- in Tuition Prices and In Grades

Teaching in a private liberal arts college in the Midwestern United States
I have also experienced many of the issues Mr. John Kay raises in his
insightful article "Teaching demands a warm heart and a cold eye." I would
add that contrary to 'liberal thinking' colleges and universities do not
broadly publicize and share information, especially data related to
grades. It would be very useful if every school published its grade
distribution by year. I post the grade distribution for my courses
publicly for everyone to see. Another relevant factor in assigning grades
is the type of evaluation methods used and the rigor employed with those
methods. In this era, teamwork and projects are emphasized and these tend
to weaken the rigor in grading individuals. I would also like to add that
faculty members often take the time saving route and use instruments that
reduce subjectivity but lift grades across the board (true/false and
multiple choice). This also makes them popular with students. Perhaps,
faculty members should be assigned grades that are inversely related to
the grades they hand out, and a part of the faculty compensation or bonus
be tied to the grades they receive.