But another, related force - a policy often buried deep in course catalogs called "grade forgiveness" - is helping raise GPAs.
但另一个相关因素——一种常被深藏在课程目录中的政策，称为"成绩宽恕"——正在帮助提高绩点。
Grade forgiveness allows students to retake a course in which they received a low grade, and the most recent grade or the highest grade is the only one that counts in calculating a student's overall GPA.
成绩宽恕允许学生重修他们曾获得低分的课程，而在计算学生的总体绩点时，只计算最近一次或最高一次的成绩。
College officials tend to emphasize that the goal of grade forgiveness is less about the grade itself and more about encouraging students to retake courses critical to their degree program and graduation without incurring a big penalty.
大学官员倾向于强调，成绩宽恕的目标与其说是成绩本身，不如说是鼓励学生重修对他们学位课程和毕业至关重要的课程，而不会受到较大的惩罚。
That said, there is a way in which grade forgiveness satisfies colleges' own needs as well.
话虽如此，成绩宽恕也满足了大学自身的某种需求。
Indeed, grade forgiveness is just another way that universities are responding to consumers' expectations for higher education.
事实上，成绩宽恕只是大学回应消费者对高等教育期望的另一种方式。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。