Analysis of two decades of student data at a large U.S. university suggests that grade inflation exists in graduate education ...

Grade inflation may lead to poor academic performance and lower earnings in the workforce among students in the U.S., according to a new study reported by The Hechinger Report. The study, presented at ...

Students are worried about what a cap on top grades will mean for their GPAs and postcollege prospects. Faculty largely view ...

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Since pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses began waning, culture warriors have been casting about for a new controversy in elite higher education. Last October, Harvard handed them one. Amanda ...

Across the country, universities are using this and other alternative grading models that guarantee high marks based on some standard other than merit. Alternative grading schemes like these—often ...

Harvard reports — perhaps better to say it admits — that over 60 percent of its students received A’s. This has set off a new round of hand-wringing about grade inflation. The first round I remember ...

Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent. By Mark Arsenault It used to be unusual for a Harvard student ...

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