The quiet rise of an ‘A’ nation
Fear, fairness, and faculty pressure
The culture of constant achievement
The federal eye and the integrity debate
The cost of kindness
Rethinking excellence
There was a time when earning an ‘A’ from Harvard meant brushing shoulders with academic greatness, a mark that distinguished the extraordinary from the accomplished. Today, however, that distinction seems blurred. According to a report by Harvard’s Office of Undergraduate Education, nearly 60% of all grades awarded at Harvard College are A’s, up from 40% a decade ago and less than 25% twenty years ago.The question that now grips the academic conscience is unsettling: Has Harvard, the emblem of intellectual rigour, fallen prey to grade inflation?
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