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

Harvard faculty voted to limit A grades to 20% of undergraduate course enrollment in a major step to combat decades of grade ...

Harvard faculty votes to limit number of A's awarded, aiming to combat grade inflation

Harvard University faculty members voted to cap the number of A's awarded to students in an effort to make the grades more ...

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 ...

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

The move comes after years of debate over whether grades at elite universities have become too inflated to meaningfully distinguish exceptional academic work.

Harvard University is making it more difficult for undergrads to earn A’s

At Harvard University, earning straight A’s is about to get harder. Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced ...
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Getting an A at Harvard will be tougher starting in 2027

Harvard University faculty gave an emphatic “yes” to capping A grades in a vote Wednesday amid concerns about grade inflation ...

60% of Harvard Grades Were A's in 2025. Now the School Is Fighting Grade Inflation.

In the 2024–2025 school year, 60.2 percent of grades awarded at Harvard were A's, according to the school's Office of ...

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 ...
The Harvard Crimson

Raymond Lohier, Sheryl WuDunn Named to Lead Harvard Board of Overseers

U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. ’88 will serve as president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers for the 2026-27 ...

Advice for Harvard students on how to survive your first A-minus

Students are upset because the Ivy League school wants to limit the number of A’s it awards. But the shift could be a ...
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Harvard limits A grades to 20% of enrollment

Harvard University announced on the 20th that it will limit the proportion of A grades in undergraduate courses to 20% of ...