The A That No Longer Speaks for Itself: Grade Inflation and the Growing Credibility Gap in Academic Records
Grade point averages across American colleges have climbed steadily for decades, but employer confidence in those numbers has not kept pace. As more graduates arrive with near-perfect GPAs, hiring managers are turning to transcript verification tools and institutional context to determine what those grades actually represent. The result is a credibility gap that affects even the most genuinely accomplished students.