Grade inflation may lead to poor academic performance and lower earnings in the workforce among students in the U.S., according to a new study reported by The Hechinger Report .

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Harvard reports — perhaps better to say it admits — that over 60 percent of its students received A’s. This has set off a new round of hand-wringing about grade inflation. The first round I remember ...

Professors at Harvard University gave significantly fewer A grades last semester, according to a report in the student newspaper. The Harvard Crimson reported that faculty cut the number of A’s given ...

Harvard University is proposing to limit the number of top grades awarded to undergraduate students, responding to concerns that grade inflation may weaken the meaning of a degree from the school. The ...

A recent report found that a majority of grades given out at Harvard were A’s. Professors will vote on a proposal to limit the number to around 20 percent. By Mark Arsenault Harvard undergraduates ...

Harvard reports — perhaps better to say it admits — that over 60 percent of its students received A’s. This has set off a new round of hand-wringing about grade inflation. The first round I remember ...