Harvard Mulling 20% Cap on 'A' Grades
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February 6, 2026
Harvard may soon make an "A" feel rare again. A faculty committee has proposed capping the top grade to roughly one-fifth of those handed out in each undergraduate course, a move aimed at rolling back decades of grade inflation, reports the New York Times . Last year, about two-thirds of all...
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