The report finds grade inflation is a national epidemic, undermining high performance and hard work in colleges and universities across the country. The study calls on colleges and universities to end practices that inflate grades and institute measures that reward achievement and high standards.
ACTA in the NewsGrade Inflation
Harvard University will cap A grades at 1 out of 5 undergraduates next year in an effort to tame runaway grade inflation. Faculty members voted 458-201 on Wednesday to approve the grade cap. It will limit A’s to 20% of students in each course starting in fall 2027, with room for up to four more […]
ACTA in the NewsGrade Inflation
Two thirds of faculty vote to approve cap on A grades for undergrads Harvard University faculty gave an emphatic “yes” to capping A grades in a vote Wednesday amid concerns about grade inflation and academic rigor at the prestigious institution. Approximately 70 percent voted to approve the 20-percent cap on As in undergraduate courses, The Crimson, […]
ACTA in the NewsGrade Inflation
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 […]
ACTA in the NewsGeneral Education
George W. Bush, Yale ’68, was kidding when he addressed the Class of 2001 at his alma mater. “To those of you who received awards and distinctions,” he told the new graduates, “I say well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.” That’s the good […]
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