From the Harvard Crimson: The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is anticipated to vote on a proposal to cap A grades on April 7 — and the Harvard Undergraduate Association is urging students to use the six weeks leading up to the vote to directly engage with professors about the measure. The proposal is set to be formally introduced at the FAS’ next meeting on Tuesday, March 3, marking the start of the deliberations ahead of the April vote. “The best way to actually advocate for this is to email professors individually who have the right to vote and tell them, ‘Hey, I’m your student, and this policy will affect me,’” HUA Academic Officer Hyunsoo Lee ’28 said at a general meeting on Sunday. “I think that’s the most powerful method.”
Lee, who announced the anticipated timeline at the meeting, encouraged students to go beyond emails by raising the issue during office hours and attending upcoming town hall meetings. He argued that outreach is warranted regardless of how faculty members are currently thinking about the proposal...
“The survey has spoken, and the survey has said students do not want to pass this policy,” Lee said. “Since the student body is clearly against this policy, myself, as the HUA academic officer representing students, is ready to go after and advocate to not pass this policy.” ...
Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/2/23/hua-lobby-grading-proposal/.
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