Harvard Students: Credentialing, Grade Inflation, and Self Censorship

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@MaineLonghorn

In 2015, about 40 percent of grades awarded at the university were A’s; now the figure is about 60 percent, she said. Half of that increase happened during remote instruction.

“Students are very worried about their future, and the faculty sympathize with that,” and try to make courses less stressful, Dr. Claybaugh said. Faculty members also worry about getting negative student evaluations if they are too tough in grading, the report says.

Ugh. Can’t stress the snowflakes.

I’m not sure how the 60% was calculated, but the usual publicly referenced sources are the faculty grading report or Harvard Crimson survey, which both suggest notably higher than 60%. Example percentages from faculty grading report are pictured below. Perhaps 60% is A, and 80% is A/A-.