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He referred to the review when answering questions about the Core, quality of instruction by teaching fellows, the possibility of instituting a transition period for first-year students to become accustomed to Harvard’s grading and a greater focus on the sciences within undergraduate education.
After one council member asked about implementing a transition period for grading of first-year students, Kirby said the review will not rule out the possibility.
The abolition of the Dean’s List and the proposed changes to the academic awards were items “left undone” after the Faculty voted last spring to cap graduation honors and adopt a 4.0 grading scale, Lewis said in the memorandum.
Lewis indicated that by tying academic distinctions to percentages rather than set GPAs, the new system would remain selective regardless of changes in grading policy.
Lewis also said the elimination of the Rank List Groups makes sense in light of last year’s changes, which changed the grading scale from a 15-point scale to a 4.0 scale starting next fall, since they have “de facto disappeared.?...