A graduate of the Kennedy School of Government carries an inflatable globe during commencement exercises in Harvard Yard last May. They think they've got the whole world in their hands. (Josh Reynolds ...

M indy Bernhardt teaches criminal justice to undergraduates at Kennesaw State University. In recent years she has found herself grading more easily and expecting less from her students. The reason?

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will vote next month on whether to cap the number of A grades that instructors can assign in each course, effectively cutting in half the percentage ...

Is it time to get rid of group assignments at university? Federal Opposition education spokesperson Julian Leeser thinks so. On Thursday, he called for universities to drop group assessments entirely, ...

Yesterday was the University-wide drop deadline for courses in the spring 2026 semester. While this option is intended to give students flexibility, many will have to make a decision without precise ...

Clifford H. Taubes is the William Petschek Professor of Mathematics and the Math Department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies. I am adamantly opposed to the recently proposed faculty rule that ...

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 University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent. By Mark Arsenault It used to be unusual for a Harvard student ...

Since pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses began waning, culture warriors have been casting about for a new controversy in elite higher education. Last October, Harvard handed them one. Amanda ...