Group Proposes Limits on A Grades
Date postedFebruary 18, 2026
By Lydialyle Gibson, Harvard Magazine (from February 6, 2026)
Three months after the University released a bombshell report on runaway grade inflation—a problem that intensified dramatically in the last decade—Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh emailed Harvard College students and faculty on Friday with a proposal for reforming the grading system. Developed by a subcommittee of the faculty’s Undergraduate Educational Policy Committee, the 19-page document includes a set of recommendations intended to “restore grades to their role as meaningful indicators of student performance and feedback.”