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Establishment of normal distribution curves for grades at institutions like Princeton or Harvard is simply a silly response to the noise over this subject (News, “Princeton Will Consider Cap On High Grades,” April 9). The proposed solution at Princeton is to limit the number of A-range grades to an arbitrary percentage. The premise for this cap is that there is indeed a problem of grade inflation. Is there really a problem? If so, what are the objective conditions that identify the problem, more substantively than just a reaction to the grade charts...
...national bill presently before the Senate would limit non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering, to $250,000 and cap punitive damages at twice the economic damages, though the cap cannot be less than $250,000. Economic compensatory damages—such as medical fees and lost wages—would remain uncapped...
...Democrats are turning away from the interests of the people and instead submitting to the demands of lawyers, who stand to lose out twice if the bill passes. Lawyers will be allowed to take a comparatively smaller slice of a reduced pie: Not only would the bill impose absolute caps on the amount of money paid out, it would also limit the percentage of those damages that attorneys are allowed to claim. According to a study released by the Employment Policy Foundation, lawyers see an astounding 52 percent of damages on average—plaintiffs currently receive only 32 percent?...
Meyer said last month that the management company board had lowered the cap on fund-manager compensation, and University President Lawrence H. Summers said the cap would prevent payouts on the magnitude of last fiscal year...
...guessing that no matter what we do, there are going to be courses with multiple hundred students—unless you just cap everything, in which case you’ll have a lot of angry students,” he said...