Ka-ching, ka-ching.
I can give you tips on how to combat grade inflation
Heh...my track record on my exams continues.
I gave two untimed midterms and a timed final in complex analysis last fall.
The mean on midterms 1 and 2 were both around 43-45 %. For the final, which I made _way_ too hard (much harder than I thought it would be), there were 6 problems of 20 points each (but I decided before the final period to count the exam out of 100 anyway, so one could get 120/100). The mean was something like 41 (so, basically 1/3) and the highest score was 67. Ugh... that exam was not my highest point as a professor.
Anyway, in all the classes I've ever taught, only one person has _ever_ gotten more than 80% overall (including hw and occasionally liberal grading after I made something too hard).
I don't even try to make things this hard; I want means in the mid 60s, and thus far I typically get means in the mid 40s.
In sum, I'm combatting grade inflation.
This semester, I am teaching a project course of my own designing (an undergrad course on mathematical modeling). This is much more fun than the usual stuff.