1.   At Brandeis, Jerry Cohen, a professor of American Studies, opposed the decision to toughen grade requirements for honors because he believes it will encourage grade inflation.

2.   A Harvard University report last spring complained of grade inflation that makes it easier to get high grades.

3.   A Harvard spokeswoman, Sally Baker, acknowledged Tuesday that grade inflation was a problem at the university, but also at other elite colleges.

4.   According to this view, since grade inflation is a fact nationally, surely it would be rampant in Georgia with so much money at stake.

5.   Across the country, colleges are taking similar steps in response to grade inflation.

6.   Boos are reserved for the occasional judge who doles out a low score, an unsubtle version of grade inflation.

7.   Both Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania have talked about clamping down on grade inflation.

8.   But Adelman of the Education Department said he believes concern over grade inflation may be inflated itself.

9.   But educationally, the impact seems to be overwhelmingly positive, such as the evidence against grade inflation.

10.   But grade inflation is harder to detect than it seems.