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<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bostonglobe.com&#x2F;metro&#x2F;2013&#x2F;12&#x2F;03&#x2F;harvard-professor-raises-concerns-about-grade-inflation&#x2F;McZHfRZ2RxpoP5Xvwged1N&#x2F;story.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bostonglobe.com&#x2F;metro&#x2F;2013&#x2F;12&#x2F;03&#x2F;harvard-professo...</a><p>a 2013 article about Harvey Mansfield&#x27;s war on grade inflation. What&#x27;s funny is that Harvey Mansfield has been at war against grade inflation for at least 18 years, going back to his anti-Affirmative-Action debate (somehow, affirmative action caused grade inflation among the majority-white population of Harvard, according to Mansfield).<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu&#x2F;~lombardi&#x2F;edudocs&#x2F;mansfield_gradeharvard_chron_2001.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu&#x2F;~lombardi&#x2F;edudocs&#x2F;mansfield_grade...</a><p>Back in the &#x27;90s, the going theory was that _Vietnam War_ created grade inflation, as schools gave out higher grades to help students get draft deferments. Of course, that was before GWBush taught us that you can draft-dodge just fine with C grades.