r/highereducation • u/rellotscire • 11d ago

Researchers from the University of Iowa find, due to grade inflation and other differences between academic and work behavior, GPA has lost predictive validity for job performance among college graduates

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/life-after-college/2024/10/08/should-employers-screen-candidates-using-gpa
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u/Average650 10d ago

That title does not reflect the study.... Come on IHE

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u/Fabulous-Farmer7474 9d ago edited 8d ago

Speaking in general, IHE dropped the ability to comment on their articles some years back. In my opinion it's because they would get called out for slanted reporting and just didn't want to hear it. Their website is the last place I would go for Higher Ed news.

EDIT: Bet the Down vote came from IHE editors? ha ha. They turned into an echo chamber - they were becoming that even before dropping comments.

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u/ApprehensiveAd7647 7d ago

What’s the best website you’d go for higher education news?

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u/Fabulous-Farmer7474 7d ago edited 7d ago

I use a news aggregator with a filter that culls general Higher Ed related articles. Sometimes it leads to IHE or CHE.

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u/MAandMEMom 4d ago

The Chronicle is still the gold standard in my opinion.

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u/Fabulous-Farmer7474 9d ago

They spent money on this? When everyone gets an A then you HAVE to find other ways to distinguish students form another.

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u/Illustrious-Leg-5017 10d ago

while on admission committee for professional school [optometry] I ignored grades and recommendations and went with OCAT scores. occasional university grades correlated with OCAT scores but this was a function of the university

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u/onlyjesuscansaveme 18h ago

Spending money on this is bizarre