Grade inflation has so devalued college degrees that employers find college transcripts to be virtually meaningless signifiers of academic achievement. To restore academic integrity, Texas needs to mandate transcript transparency.
Higher Education
Don’t Shrink the Core. Fix It.
Just how bad is American higher education today? Consider this observation on today’s college students from Jessica Wilson, a professor of great books and humanities at Pepperdine: “It’s not even an inability to critically think. It’s an inability to read sentences.” She is not alone. Professors at elite colleges report that many incoming students arrive...
July 31, 2026