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By tomorrow, all of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ departments must report on their grading practices to the Educational Policy Committee (EPC)—the body that advises the Faculty on most curricular matters.
Those Faculty who do believe grade inflation is a pressing concern say inflated grades lead to a compressed grading scale.
Jean K. Webb, director of admissions for Yale Law School, notes that law schools are provided with the last three years of grading data for many colleges—including Harvard—which allows them to account for changes in a particular school’s grading trends.
Just under one half of students surveyed said they would support changing the grading scale to add more intermediate grades, such as an A-plus or a A-minus/B-plus.
The recent media spotlight on Harvard’s grading policies has left more than half of students concerned the attention will hurt the reputation of a Harvard degree.