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Professors at Harvard University<\/a> gave significantly fewer A grades last semester, according to a report in the student newspaper.<\/p>\n

The Harvard Crimson reported<\/u><\/a> that faculty cut the number of A\u2019s given to students by nearly seven percentage points after the College urged instructors to combat grade inflation<\/a>, according to a Monday afternoon email obtained by the paper.<\/p>\n

The Crimson reported that an email was directed to Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors from Amanda Claybaugh, Dean of Undergraduate Education, and said that “the share of flat As<\/a> fell from 60.2 percent in the 2024-2025 academic year to 53.4 percent in the fall.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The student paper attributed the decrease in A grades to a 25-page report<\/a> Claybaugh released last October addressing grade inflation with the concern that such a practice was hindering the ability of the school to “perform the key functions of grading.”<\/p>\n

Claybaugh\u2019s October 2025 report released last October, as cited by the Crimson<\/u><\/a>, found that more than\u00a0 60% of grades<\/a> Harvard undergraduates received were A\u2019s, compared to only a quarter of grades 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

The report found that grade inflation started to increase in the late 2010s, surging during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, and is now leveling off.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Claybaugh wrote<\/u><\/a>, “Our grading is too compressed and too inflated<\/a>, as nearly all faculty recognize; it is also too inconsistent, as students have observed.” She added that, “More importantly, our grading no longer performs its primary functions and is undermining our academic mission.”<\/p>\n

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In the email obtained Monday by the Crimson, Claybaugh told instructors they should not be worried that fewer A grades would negatively affect their teaching evaluations<\/a>, known as “Q reports.”<\/p>\n

“I know this change wasn\u2019t easy,” she wrote to faculty on Monday. “Some of you report that your Q scores went down, and you worry about the effect this might have on reviews or enrollments.”<\/p>\n

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“With respect to reviews, I can reassure you that we look at Q scores alongside difficulty scores and median grades\u2014and that we recognize and appreciate your efforts to restore rigor,” Claybaugh added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement to Fox News Digital<\/u><\/a>, James Chisholm, director of media relations for Harvard\u2019s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said that the “FAS is Harvard\u2019s largest school and home to Harvard College, the University\u2019s undergraduate program.”<\/p>\n

“The work around grading is happening, entirely, within the FAS \u2014 this is a faculty-driven effort to address faculty concerns around grading, and it\u2019ll be a faculty committee that ultimately presents recommendations on changes to current grading policies,” Chisholm said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chisholm added that recommendations made will then be voted on by the FAS faculty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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