Study: Stellar high school performers failing college - ithacajournal.com: "Around the country, students, even those with stellar high school records, have discovered they don't have all the skills to survive in college. In Georgia, for instance, four out of 10 students who earn the popular Hope Scholarships to the state's university system lose the scholarship after they earn about 30 credits -- roughly one year's worth of work -- because they can't keep their grades up.

Student performance on college-admissions tests also point to possible grade inflation. Fifteen years ago, students with A averages accounted for 28 percent of SAT test takers, said Wayne Camara, who oversees research for the College Board.

Today, a whopping 42 percent of college-bound seniors have A averages, but they score no better on the college admissions tests than did 'A' students a decade earlier."