More than a quarter of graduates were awarded first-class degrees last summer CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTYAn overpraised and narcissistic generation of university students are constantly trying to negotiate better grades, academics have claimed. They blamed parents for making their children feel “always enchanting and perfect” and suggested that grade inflation was being fuelled by the pester power of students. More than a quarter of graduates were awarded a first-class degree last summer. Universities seeking “customer” feedback from students, who pay £9,250 a year in fees, had also changed the culture. Research found that the pursuit of student satisfaction “merely exacerbated these new consumers’ narcissism and aggression”,…

Source: The Times March 29, 2018 15:56 UTC