The grade inflation panic with Kevin Gannon

Is grade inflation real, who cares, and why?

References and suggested readings:

• Lisa M. Di Bartolomeo and Kevin M. Gannon, eds. 2026. The Campus Crisis Toolkit: Strategies and Solidarity for the Rest of Us. SUNY Press. 
• Joshua R Eyler. 2024. Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do About It. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Jane Nam. May 23, 2924. Grade Inflation in College: Trends and Why It Happens. Best Colleges.
• Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files novel series.
• Kevin R. McClure. 2025. The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace After the Great Resignation. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Catherine J. Denial. 2024. A Pedagogy of Kindness. University of Oklahoma Press.
• Paulo Freire. 2021. Education for Critical Consciousness: With a New Introduction. Bloomsbury Academic.
• bell hooks. 1994. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Routledge.
• thetattooedprof.com
• Bluesky @thetattooedprof