A Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A-Pluses

A Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A-Pluses

It used to be unusual for a Harvard student not to ace a course. But lately, grades of A are down at Harvard, if only by a little. The trend, after years of runaway grade inflation, has drawn praise from the dean of undergraduate education. “A number of you tightened up your grading this fall, and your efforts have made a meaningful difference,” the dean, Amanda Claybaugh, wrote in an email to the faculty Monday afternoon. Grades of A fell to 53…

Harvard gives fewer As after report exposed massive grade inflation: dean

Despite the drop, more than half of students’ grades are still As Harvard University students received fewer As in their fall semester classes following concerns about academic rigor and massive grade inflation at the Ivy League institution, the campus newspaper reported this week. In an email to faculty Monday, Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh shared statistics showing… Source