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While the Faculty approved a new policy last year that will place a cap on the number of students who may graduate with honors, no specific legislation was passed compelling professors to change their grading practices.
But Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 said he thought the scrutiny of grading practices might have driven down grades even absent specific policy changes.
“As a professor, I am not surprised that with all the discussion of grading practices last year, some faculty were more conscious of and careful about the number of high grades they gave,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail yesterday.
Gross said his top priority will be meeting with faculty members and gathering student input to prepare for the review. But his most immediate challenge will be implementing last year’s major reforms to study abroad and policies on honors and grading, he said.
The Faculty unanimously adopts a new 4.0 grading scale and restricts the proportion of honors awarded each year to 60 percent of the graduating class. The change goes into effect starting with the Class of 2004 and 2005, respectively. The change is part of an effort to combat grade and...