31.   In this era of grade inflation, a B sounds like a winner.

32.   It acts as a safeguard against pernicious grade inflation.

33.   Knowles and Lewis referred questions about grading to Pederson, who said she cannot reduce grade inflation by fiat.

34.   Many faculty bemoan the phenomenon of grade inflation, for example.

35.   Many Harvard professors support the grading review, though they generally add that they think grade inflation is not a major problem at Harvard.

36.   On academic matters, too, the epistolary equivalent of grade inflation has set in.

37.   On education, Bush can claim some credit for a new education code that prohibits social promotion and brings the problem of grade inflation to light.

38.   Opinions vary over the cause of grade inflation.

39.   Other charter-school officials say that grade inflation at some public schools also is a factor.

40.   One of the goals was to return more professors to the classroom and reduce grade inflation by the teaching fellows.