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First off, the quality of students at schools like Princeton and Harvard is high and, often, most students fit into the top tier. To try to enforce some kind of bell curve is illogical. Rather than properly distributing grades, a bell curve forced on campuses like Harvard and Princeton makes minute mistakes dramatically important in an effort to differentiate between students. It also means some students get graded poorly for good work so that quotas...
...incredible abilities, but a desire to put out the finest work they can. This will tend to produce a number of high grades, usually well-earned. A little media scrutiny and crank opposition from faculty and administrators should not force universities into changes that are harmful to these top-tier students. Princeton and other schools struggling with grade inflation should see that students get what they actually deserve, not the grades the grade deflators think they...
While the Crimson second varsity easily dispatched with the Bears in the three-way race, Brown held its own against the third-tier Harvard boat through the first 1,500 meters. But with the final quarter to go, the Crimson pulled away, finishing four seconds off the pace, but 2.3 seconds ahead of the last-place finishing Bears...
...edge-of-your-decanal-seat TV sequel this fall, Donald Trump will pick next season’s “Apprentice” from among the deanlets of University Hall, letting undergraduates learn at last which second-tier administrator can sell the most “lemonade” at Harvard-Yale...
...think Harvard is knocking on the door and very close to being one of the top-tier teams in the nation,” Smith said. “[When the seniors signed on to come to Harvard], the coaches talked about bringing this program back to national prominence. That’s been our goal our entire four years...