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...continues to trim the fat off of its slightly plump grade distribution, we hope Harvard is wise enough to avoid the same diet. Last Monday, Princeton Dean of the College Nancy W. Malkiel announced that the college was halfway toward its final goal of systematically reducing the number of A??s doled out by professors. The percentage of A-range grades issued by Princeton’s faculty fell from last year’s 46 percent to the current 40.9 percent, less than 6 percent shy of meeting the long-term goal of 35 percent. The Princeton...
With such an emphasis on cosmetic statistics, Princeton students are already complaining that these grading guidelines are morphing into virtual caps on the number of A??s given by professors. Though only “guidelines,” their ultimate effect is to create arbitrary distinctions between equally high-quality work. The only proof of any progress in grade deflation lies in the grades themselves. Princeton professors shouldn’t be told how to grade their students, nor should they be virtually required to make distinctions between talented students that don’t actually exist...
...administrators have made it clear that there’s no chance they’ll graduate with a Harvard degree, and no matter how many A??s they receive, their grades will only translate into pass/fail credit if and when they return to Tulane. Like other visiting students, they can petition to add another semester to their time here—and if New Orleans is not ready to have them back by spring, they may have...
...understanding, the new grading policy is supposed to set guidelines and goals for professors, not hard-line quotas that only 35 percent of each precept can receive A??s,” Joseph said. “We don’t have a problem not getting A??s we don’t deserve. But it is intensely frustrating to work hard all semester, for an A, only to get a B+ be all semester, for an A, only to get a B+ because some professors believe the guidelines to, in fact, be a quota...
...results in specific departments, the percentage of A-range grades in the humanities went down most significantly, from 56.2 percent to 45.5 percent. A-range grades in the social sciences were cut from 42.5 percent to 38.4 percent. In engineering, A??s accounted for 36.4 percent of grades, down from 48.0 percent. In the natural sciences, the proportion of A??s remained the same as that of the year before, at 36.4 percent...