Harvard makes it harder to earn A grade: A needed academic correction or new ground for student stress?

Harvard University’s decision to make A grades harder to earn has reignited a fierce debate over academic rigor, grade ...

Harvard faculty votes to make it harder for undergrads to earn A’s

Top grades have become so common that some Harvard faculty members argued they no longer reliably distinguished exceptional ...

Harvard faculty pass a new cap on number of As they can give to students

Harvard University faculty have overwhelmingly passed a new cap on the number of As they can give out to students in undergraduate courses, with a goal to restore meaning to letter grades. At Harvard, ...

Harvard’s grading reset begins in 2027: Faculty vote to curb easy A’s in undergraduate courses

Harvard University is implementing a new grading policy to combat grade inflation, limiting A grades to 20% of students ...
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Why a weaker Harvard would mean a weaker Massachusetts

In ways big and small, money loops through the ornate gates of Harvard University into Cambridge and beyond. Students buy romance novels at Lovestruck Books and $5 Narragansetts at Charlie‘s Kitchen.