""Our current grading practices are not only undermining the functions of grading; they are also damaging the academic culture of the College," Claybaugh wrote in "Re-Centering Academics at Harvard College.""
"The policy would limit flat-A grades to 20 percent plus four of the enrolled students in a course, meaning up to six A's in a 10-person seminar or 34 in a 150-student lecture, with no cap on A-minuses."
"That calibrated combination seeks to address the challenges that Amanda Claybaugh, dean of undergraduate education, laid out in a 25-page report last fall."
"But coordinated action - individually, collectively, and institutionally - can restore the integrity of our grading and return the academic culture of the College to what it should be."
Harvard College's proposal to address grade inflation focuses on limiting A grades to 20 percent plus four students in a course. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will vote on this plan, which aims to restore grading integrity and academic culture. An internal measure for evaluating students will shift from GPA to average percentile rank, providing more meaningful performance data. Dean Amanda Claybaugh highlighted that current grading practices undermine grading functions and damage academic culture, necessitating coordinated action for improvement.
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