The A Grade Conundrum at Harvard: A Double Edged Reform Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences has taken a bold step by limiting the number of A grades awarded to undergraduates, but in doing so, it risks undermining its own values.
The move is part of a growing trend among elite institutions to curb grade inflation, which has become a pervasive problem in higher education.
Recent statistics show that over 60% of all grades at Harvard have been in the A range in recent years.