Monday, November 24, 2025

How Do You Spell ‘Harvard University’? With lots of A’s

Why not get rid of grades entirely?

"... A recent internal Harvard report found that more than 60% of grades given to undergraduates in the 2024-25 academic year were A’s—up from about 25% two decades ago. The median grade-point average at graduation, which was 3.29 in 1985, is now 3.83. Since 2016 the median GPA at Harvard has been an A ..."

How Do You Spell ‘Harvard’? With an Endless Supply of A’s - WSJ (behind paywall) "A new report looks at grade inflation, a problem that is proliferating far beyond the Ivy League."




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