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Grade Inflation: A Systematic Approach to Fair Achievement Indexing In Higher Education ABSTRACT Grade inflation is a problem that effects many higher learning institutions. We show that it is possible to modify the current ranking system in order to more accurately rate students throughout a university and curb the problem of grade inflation. Using ideas of standard deviation, mean, and median our model can justly rank students into appropriate deciles. Our model handles universities that use the plus/minus system as well as those universities that do not. Since a student is rated