The committee offered 20 recommendations, spanning everything from protecting free speech, supporting “open minds,” fixing ...

Like monetary inflation, runaway A’s in higher education are a collective-action problem. About two-thirds of grades at ...

In our effort to help students succeed, we may have quietly lowered the standards that make success meaningful. Accelerated, ...

Faculty at the oldest college in the country are debating whether to limit the number of top grades issued to undergraduates.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harvard reports — perhaps better to say it admits — that over 60 percent of its students received A’s. This has set off a new ...

The April 12 editorial “ Harvard’s grade inflation experiment ” did not address a key issue regarding grading science, ...

Last year, the average GPA for Harvard University’s Class of 2025 was 3.83. That’s not a typo. At Harvard, one of the world’s most selective colleges, the average student graduating in 2025 had a 3.83 ...

Recently, there has been a lot of handwringing over grade inflation both at the higher education and K–12 levels, but how big of a problem actually is grade inflation? What sort of effect does grade ...

Predicted GPA by year and by degree level. Predicted values are conditional on model covariates and reflect the reference groups used in the analyses (female and White students), with GRE held at its ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Harvard University is making several changes to its plan to fight undergraduate grade ...

Faculty voiced cautious support for a proposal that would cap undergraduate A grades at roughly 20 percent and introduce an internal ranking system, saying the policy would curb longstanding grade ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grade inflation could contribute to lower future earnings. (John Paraskevas/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Straight‑A report cards ...