Harvard faculty take aim at grade inflation by capping ‘A’ grades for students

MASSACHUSETTS - Harvard University faculty have imposed a limit on the number of “A” grades that can be given to undergraduate students in an effort to end a growing trend of grade inflation at the elite US university.

Harvard faculty take aim at grade inflation by capping ‘A’ grades for students. MASSACHUSETTS - Harvard University faculty have imposed a limit on the number of “A” grades that can be given to undergraduate students in an effort to end a growing trend of grade inflation at the elite US university. In hundreds of votes cast over the past week, more than two-thirds of the voting faculty supported a measure allowing them to award A’s to no more than one-fifth of the students enrolled in a course, plus up to four more students. The change, which will go into effect in the fall of 2027, is one of the first efforts by a prestigious US university to tackle the widespread problem of grade inflation, which many faculty members say is undermining educational integrity and making it harder to discern true academic excellence. An October report by Ha...