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...result of the Faculty vote, elective grades will now count as part of the summa consideration...
During this time, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has discussed ways to shrink class sections, curb grade inflation, limit summa cum laude degrees and two weeks ago approved the most drastic changes to the Core curriculum since its inception...
Concerned about what appeared to be summa inflation, the Faculty voted in several new changes this year...
...Summa cum laude" is the highest honor a graduate can receive. A summa from Harvard is one of the most impressive and coveted titles of all, making the achievement of such an honor hard to come...
...when 115 seniors--36 more than the year before--received this distinction last year, Faculty members began to worry that "summa inflation" was on the rise...