There is definitely room for improvement, but I don't want people to think this is all doom and gloom. A lot of students are coming out of high school very well prepared and masterful of their education. ... We do a pretty good job in this state, the system is not broken, but it can be improved and it needs to be improved if we are going to compete in today's world and tomorrow's future.

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Rank and GPA are no longer predictors of success. When it takes over a 3.0 to be in the top half ... the average grade is a B+, there has to be inflated grades somewhere. And the question is whether those grades are based on what was learned or what was tried. If I am given two or three chances to take a test or five or six chances to write a paper, of course I am going to do well.

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