Share of enrolled first-years at 4.0, 2019-20 (open circle) to 2024-25 (filled), a selected 22 of the 47 institutions passing the C12 screen
Source: Common Data Set item C11, 2019-20 and 2024-25 filings, College Transitions CDS Repository. Analysis by College Transitions. Screen: C12 average 4.0 or below in both years. This removes one obvious source of incompatibility. It cannot prove that an institution's GPA calculation stayed the same, and the two largest declines shown are consistent with a change in method.