U Of I: Grades Were Inflated In Online Law School Student Profiles
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (CBS) -- The University of Illinois has found new evidence of grade inflation in the use of marketing materials for its online law school program.
As WBBM Newsradio's John Waelti reports, the U of I announced Wednesday that inflated Law School Admissions test and grade point average scores had been posted in online student profiles for the classes of 2011 through 2014.
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University spokesman Tom Hardy said for three of those classes, inaccurate information was also forwarded to the American Bar Association and to ranking organizations, such as U.S. News & World Report.
University President Michael Hogan called the practice "absolutely unacceptable."
The university made use of an outside law firm and a forensic data analysis company to investigate, after receiving complaints and finding inaccurate data posted online for the class of 2014.
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