Starting in the fall of 2027, Harvard undergrads will be competing for a limited number of available A grades in each of their classes.

Following months of debate, Harvard faculty have voted in favor of a cap on A grades. The policy will go into effect this fall and will be reviewed in three years.

The faculty of arts and sciences also voted to use average percentile rank to determine which students are eligible for internal awards and honors.

Harvard University faculty have voted to limit the number of A grades awarded to undergraduates, approving one of the most sweeping efforts by a major university to curb grade…

Harvard University faculty have voted to limit the number of A-grades awarded in undergraduate courses. Starting in 2027, a maximum of 20% of students plus four can receive an A.…

The proposal has rocked the Ivy League school, where 60 per cent of undergrad grades were an A in the academic year ending mid-2025.

Harvard University faculty have voted to limit the number of A grades awarded to undergraduates, approving one of the most sweeping efforts by a major university to curb grade…

“It would be flippant to say that [Harvard] grades are useless,” a law school dean told the Washington Post, “But they’re almost useless.”

“The Harvard faculty voted to make their grades mean what they say they mean,” members of the faculty subcommittee said.

A 458-to-201 vote imposed a new ceiling on A grades, affecting roughly one in five undergraduate courses

Starting in the fall of 2027, Harvard undergrads will be competing for a limited number of available A grades in each of their classes.

Harvard University faculty members voted to cap the number of A's awarded to students in an effort to make the grades more meaningful.

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

Two thirds of faculty vote to approve cap on A grades for undergrads...

El nuevo reglamento, que comenzará a aplicarse en el ciclo 2027, establece un máximo del 20% de notas más altas en cada curso para contrarrestar la inflación de calificaciones y…

Harvard introduce un limite del 20% per i voti eccellenti (A) dal 2027 per contrastare l'inflazione delle valutazioni