[82lsju]

The Harvard faculty voted to greatly reduce the number of A's given to students. Now instead of the 60% university average the last academic year, A's will now be limited to roughly 20% of students per class. That's a h u g e change. 

Interesting to know what the percentage of A's is at Stanford these days. It certainly wasn't 60% in engineering back in the dark ages. . . .

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/...grade-cap/

big change in large classes maybe not so much in small ones.  They can give up to 20% As with up to four additional As per class so in a class of 100 that's up to 24 (20% +4) As, so up to 24%, in a small class of say 15 that's up to 7 As (20% +4) or 47%.

last fall they apparently tightened up grading a bit (but not enough)

Faculty have already taken steps to curb grade inflation, slashing the number of As awarded from 60.2 percent to 53.4 percent last fall. But the committee argued that voluntary reductions were insufficient to preserve the A as a mark of “extraordinary distinction.”

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/...grade-cap/

[82lsju]

The Harvard faculty voted to greatly reduce the number of A's given to students. Now instead of the 60% university average the last academic year, A's will now be limited to roughly 20% of students per class. That's a h u g e change. 

Interesting to know what the percentage of A's is at Stanford these days. It certainly wasn't 60% in engineering back in the dark ages. . . .

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/...grade-cap/

big change in large classes maybe not so much in small ones.  They can give up to 20% As with up to four additional As per class so in a class of 100 that's up to 24 (20% +4) As, so up to 24%, in a small class of say 15 that's up to 7 As (20% +4) or 47%.

last fall they apparently tightened up grading a bit (but not enough)

Faculty have already taken steps to curb grade inflation, slashing the number of As awarded from 60.2 percent to 53.4 percent last fall. But the committee argued that voluntary reductions were insufficient to preserve the A as a mark of “extraordinary distinction.”

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/...grade-cap/