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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...phenomenon known as "grade inflation" --the convergence of grades around the higher end of the scale--has had fortuitous effects despite the worries of the grade-conscious staff. Among its merits, inflation at Harvard has brought the grades of undergraduates in line with the inflated marks of students at other universities. Additionally, it has effectively narrowed the range of grades available, thus limiting their importance. Students are forced to look beyond the incentive of a strong report cards for reasons to work assiduously...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Grades Not Too High | 3/21/1996 | See Source »

...Harvard College continues to flounder in the mires of grade inflation, we applaud the Law School for setting stricter limits on the number of students who graduate with honors...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Law School Curbs Honors Correctly | 3/21/1996 | See Source »

...people, we are under intellectual attack. From both inside and outside the University, we have been told that some of us are not qualified to be here, because we were admitted by an affirmative action policy that is flawed and unfair. While one tenured Harvard professor tells us that grade inflation exists at the University because most professors don't have the guts to give black students the poor grades that we deserve, another writes that we are intellectually inferior to our white counterparts due to our DNA. I think that anyone would agree that these types of messages...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Integration Without Randomization | 3/20/1996 | See Source »

...biology concentrator, Nielsen boasts a 3.68 grade-point average. He plans on attending medical school after graduation. On the ice, he tallied 12 goals and 16 assists for the Crimson...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Nielsen Given Award | 3/19/1996 | See Source »

...crucial difference between Ultimate Fighting, the bareknuckle battles on pay-per-view TV that some lawmakers want to ban, and a game we played in grade school called Dirty Soccer is that Ultimate Fighting specifically prohibits biting and eye gouging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIRTY LIKE IT OUGHT TO BE | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

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