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Bronson also poked fun at the controversy concerning honors inflation throughout this academic year—saying that just last semester he received an A-minus in a class he wasn’t even taking...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comedian Satirizes Life at Harvard | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

Among its recommendations were a switch from a 15- to an eight-point grading scale to eliminate the numerical gap between a B-plus and an A-minus, and thus reduce pressure on professors to award A-range grades...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Tries To Combat Grade Inflation | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

Harvard currently has a 15.0 grading scale with a gap between a B-plus and an A-minus that several professors have argued causes professors to award more A-range grades...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting Back to the Core | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

...Minus the Olympians, the Crimson (18-11-2, 9-5-2 ECAC North), swept Princeton in the first round of the ECAC North playoffs and ultimately lost to Dartmouth 4-2 in the semifinals...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Claims Fourth Straight Beanpot Title, Without Olympians | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

...conjured up details of Commencements past, explaining that at the first graduation exercises eight of the nine students graduated with some type of honors. In jest, Summers said research had found that the ninth student was forced to wear a scarlet B-minus, a reference to current controversy over honors inflation...

Author: By David H. Gellis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summers Bids ’02 Fond Farewell | 6/5/2002 | See Source »

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