Seventy-eight per cent of the College's student body made it onto the dean's list--defined as standing in academic Groups I, II or III--last year. That figure compares to a 20-per-cent average in the '20s, and a 26-per-cent mean for the '30s. Officials attributed the rise to more liberal grading policies and increased competition, rather than any marked increase in undergraduate brainpower.
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