Inside Higher Ed

Don’t Follow Harvard on Grade Caps

On May 19, Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted 458 to 201 to cap flat A grades in undergraduate courses, limiting the total number of A grades to 20 percent of course enrollment, ...
The Harvard Crimson

We Analyzed a Decade’s Worth of Harvard Grades. Here’s What We Found, Department By Department.

In 712 Harvard course offerings last year, every enrolled undergraduate received an A. In another 532, A’s were common enough that the class would have violated the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ newly ...
Fox News

Harvard faculty vote to cap 'A' grades at 20% in sweeping effort to combat decades of grade inflation

Harvard faculty voted in favor of capping A grades at 20% on Wednesday in an effort to combat grade inflation. "Today the Harvard faculty voted to make their grades mean what they say they mean," a ...
CBS News

Harvard will cap number of A grades awarded, in what university calls "a major step to fix" inflation

Harvard University faculty members voted to cap the number of A's awarded to students, a grading change aimed at making student marks more meaningful. By a vote of 458 to 201, faculty approved a ...
Mint

Harvard moves to limit A grades in undergraduate courses to strengthen academic standards

Harvard University faculty have voted to impose a strict cap on A grades beginning in fall 2027, marking one of the institution’s most aggressive efforts in decades to combat grade inflation and ...
The New York Times

60 Percent of Grades at Harvard Were A’s. Enough Is Enough.

Mr. Furman, a contributing Opinion writer, and Mr. Laibson are economists at Harvard University. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de ...
Forbes

Harvard Faculty Votes To Cap How Many A's Professors Hand Out

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Harvard University faculty have approved a cap on the number of A grades that can be ...
The Guardian

Harvard College will limit the number of students who can receive A grades

Mandatory cap on top grades at one of America’s most prestigious colleges will go into effect in fall of 2027 Harvard faculty has voted to impose a roughly 20% cap on A grades in an effort to curb ...
Wall Street Journal

Harvard Votes to Cap A’s in Effort to Curb Grade Inflation

It’s about to get harder to earn an A at Harvard. The faculty voted to approve a cap on the number of A’s per course, part of the undergraduate college’s yearslong effort to curb grade inflation. The ...
The Washington Post

Harvard faculty vote to limit A grades for undergraduates

Harvard faculty voted to cap the number of A grades given to undergraduates at about 20 percent per class, taking assertive action to reverse years of grade inflation at a time of intense scrutiny of ...
WGBH

Harvard limits number of students who get A grades

Harvard faculty have approved a plan to curb grade inflation by limiting the number of A grades professors can issue, capping years of debate over whether having top grades from the nation’s oldest ...
The Patriot Ledger

Harvard could limit the number of 'A' grades professors give students

Harvard University faculty are currently deciding whether to limit the number of "A" grades professors can give per course. A proposal by the school's Undergraduate Education Policy Committee’s ...