The law school’s modified pass-fail system offers a fine solution.

In our latest episode of College Matters from The Chronicle, we dive into a fascinating new report on grade inflation at Harvard College, which houses the university’s undergraduate program. Prepared ...

Just because your student has an “A” in math in no way means that your student knows (or ever knew) the material.

If Harvard’s persistent Gen Ed issue has taught us anything, it’s that more drastic action is needed — and not in the form of ...

New research finds college freshmen are getting better grades, but they’re also scoring lower on university entrance metrics ...

・Average GPAs are rising, but test scores are not, signaling widespread grade inflation. ・Parents and colleges are increasingly misled by inflated grades, undermining accountability and preparedness. ...

Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 is the Kenan Research Professor of Government at Harvard. Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh’s report on grade inflation is the first serious treatment of that ...

Harvard is worried about going soft. Specifically, about grade inflation, the name for giving ever higher marks to ever more students. According to an “Update on Grading and Workload” from the ...

As often happens with attention-grabbing issues in higher education, much of the conversation about grade inflation is focused on the most-selective colleges. But Peter Burkholder, a professor of ...

For decades, Harvard administrators recognized that grade inflation is a problem that detracts from academic rigor at the Ivy League university. Now, administrators are making new grading ...

Solveig Lucia Gold and Joshua T. Katz, an academic couple, have reached across two generations of experience to argue, correctly, that most students receive an excellent education only if they are ...