So does this work for education majors too?

Going to school, whether it be higher education or high school, for most students it means work. Effort. If you want an A, then you study and apply yourself. But what if, without any extra credit on your part, your grades went up? Overnight. Within the last two years, ten major law schools have done just that. They have raised students' grades. No fine print. No extra commitment. A generous gift for students? Maybe. 

In the New York Times today there was an article addressing this issue. Wanting to make students look more attractive to prospective employers, schools have raised student GPAs. With my recent graduate school endeavor, albeit in elementary education not law, it makes me wonder - do grades mean anything or are the arbitrary? If all the students' grades increase by the same percentage, doesn't this create the same problem? Let's pretend the average law student receives a 3.0 GPA. If all grades increase by .333, making the average law student seem slightly more competent, doesn't that just create a shift up on the grade scale? Now that grades have been inflated, won't employers look for even higher GPAs from their applicants?

With a job market that is far from ideal, does higher grade point averages really make much of a difference? I'm not sure, but if Utah State would like to give me extra points for being a grad student, I won't argue! :)