If this situation requires «hucksterism» to attract enrollees, and if
it means grade inflation to keep them from flunking out of school, there are certainly those who will resort to such means.
Research shows that minorities accrue greater premiums from educational credentials that signal high achievement than whites, which
means that watering down these signals through
grade inflation, abolishing external exams, and lowering standards depletes a key resource for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.