The organization behind the Advanced Placement exams recently defended itself amid questions about grade inflation, a wider ...

Grade inflation was stronger on average in master's versus doctoral programs. Predicted GPA by year and by degree level. Predicted values are conditional on model covariates and reflect the reference ...

A student in one of my courses recently elected to switch from a standard letter grade to a pass-fail option, under a Bowdoin College policy that allows students to take up to four of their courses on ...

Predicted GPA by year and by degree level. Predicted values are conditional on model covariates and reflect the reference groups used in the analyses (female and White students), with GRE held at its ...

Grade inflation is a tough problem to solve. Harvard recently announced a cap on A’s in any given class, but it doesn’t address lower grades, including A-minuses, and such measures tend to provoke ...

The first empirical evidence of how A-level grading in the pandemic affected university applications corroborates concerns about disproportionate benefits for private schools. Disadvantaged students ...

Across the country, universities are using this and other alternative grading models that guarantee high marks based on some standard other than merit. Alternative grading schemes like these—often ...

Recently, a spate of news coverage has raised concerns about grade inflation in schools across Canada. These concerns stem in part from policies stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, when there was ...

Princeton should not worry about “too many A grades.” The focus of the University’s grading policy should be on setting fair and rigorous standards, rather than arbitrarily capping the number of A’s.

The Hill is a nonpartisan publication reporting on the inner workings of government and the nexus of politics and business. Harvard reports — perhaps better to say it admits — that over 60 percent of ...

Since pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses began waning, culture warriors have been casting about for a new controversy in elite higher education. Last October, Harvard handed them one. Amanda ...