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Tack on a "Freshman Incentive Fee" of $10-$20 for all incoming freshmen at a university. Assuming all classes grade on a curve (big assumption, but let's run with it...) there are only so many "winning" grades. You'd have to work out the numbers, but maybe every "A" gets $500, every "B" gets $200,
etc. Might not compell a student to study through an entire semester/quarter, but broke students on the verge of a good grade might put in a little extra study time if there's a reward on the line...
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There's already a much larger incentive for getting good grades: You get a high-paying job and have a successful life. On a smaller scale, merit scholarships already exist.
I don't think that your award is going to motivate very many people any more than they are already. |
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It would have made me very angry to have to pay an extra fee on top of my tuition to reward the people who got better grades then me. |
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It would totally motivate lots of folks. Money == beer! |
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Particularly mercenary parents could do this themselves, of course. There are always apocryphal stories of parents offering new cars and stuff to their kids if they get their grades up. |
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(And then they go back on the offer, and the kid sues, and...) |
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If they did this in High School, I might have actually had more attendances than truancies. |
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Really bad idea, sport. One, people would take easier classes to get more money. Two, grades aren't that important anyway: the material is. |
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Ummmm, what does education have to do with success anyway? |
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