From the Harvard Crimson: Harvard faculty awarded significantly fewer A grades in the fall, cutting the share of top marks by nearly seven percentage points after the College urged instructors to combat grade inflation... The share of flat As fell from 60.2 percent in the 2024-2025 academic year to 53.4 percent in the fall. The decline follows a 25-page report [Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda] Claybaugh released in October 2025 arguing that grade inflation had rendered the College’s grading system unable to “perform the key functions of grading” and encouraging stricter academic measures, including standardized grading across sections and in-person final exams.
Claybaugh explicitly sought to reassure faculty concerned that harsher grading could hurt their teaching evaluations... and course enrollments — offering the clearest signal yet that the College is prepared to back instructors who tighten grading standards... A faculty committee charged with reviewing the College’s existing grading policies would release new proposals early in the spring semester...
Many undergraduates have expressed concern that efforts to rein in grade inflation could disadvantage them in graduate schools admissions and the job market.
Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/1/27/faculty-cut-a-grades/.
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