The Harvard Crimson

70% of Faculty Vote to Overhaul Harvard Grading With A Cap

Harvard faculty voted to impose a roughly 20 percent cap on A grades beginning in fall 2027, approving the College’s most ...
The College Fix

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 ...

Harvard faculty votes to make it harder for undergrads to earn A’s

Top grades have become so common that some Harvard faculty members argued they no longer reliably distinguished exceptional ...
WBUR

Harvard faculty votes to limit A's in undergrad courses

Nearly 70% of participating faculty voted “yes” to the proposal to cap the amount of A’s to 20% of students enrolled in a ...
WBUR

At Harvard, an A could no longer be a grade 'everyone expects'

Harvard faculty are voting this week on a proposal to cap the number of A grades awarded in undergraduate courses in order to ...

Harvard Caps A’s as Selective Colleges Attack Grade Inflation

Faculty members overwhelmingly approved a limit on the number of top grades they can give to about a fifth of their ...

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 ...