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> theory that universities broadly started inflating grades, but excepted computer science is pretty damn bold one that you've made baselessly

I'm saying that a source from more than a decade ago describing a general trend doesn't explain why recent CS graduates are facing a worse job market than folks five years ago did.

Grade inflation, per your source, has been happening for decades across the board. That does not tell us why "since the widespread adoption of generative AI, early-career workers (ages 22-25) in the most AI-exposed occupations have experienced a 13 percent relative decline in employment even after controlling for firm-level shocks" [1].

[1] https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/...

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I haven't attempted to explain why new grads are facing a worse market than 10 years ago. I've offered two possible explanations for why more students might move into computer science.

A rational actor is going to be more likely to pursue something they think they can actually pass.

[JumpCrisscross]

> I've offered two possible explanations for why more students might move into computer science

If grade inflation is happening to all degrees, that doesn't explain increased enrollment in CS. (I'm generally curious if part of the explanation is a reduction in CS education quality.)

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>(I'm generally curious if part of the explanation is a reduction in CS education quality.)

Part of my explanation was a possible increase in quality of CS education for industry, as I mentioned, it is possible they geared it more towards industry than pure CS encouraging more students to go in.

>If grade inflation is happening to all degrees, that doesn't explain increased enrollment in CS.

It does because CS is (was?) a notoriously more difficult program. Since it is one of the highest paying degrees, making that difficulty of passing more accessible would naturally shift money oriented people more into CS.