Harvard Hands Out A’s Like Candy, But Dean’s Not Worried

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<p>"Are students getting smarter or is college just getting easier–even at Ivy League heavyweight Harvard? That’s the question on the minds of Harvard professors today after the school announced that the most frequently awarded grade is an A." …</p>

<p>Harvard</a> Hands Out A?s Like Candy, But Dean?s Not Worried - ABC News</p>

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<p>Harvey Mansfield is a master ■■■■■. But I’m surprised he’s not working the racial angle on it like he usually does. </p>

<p>When I was there he was saying grades are inflated because of The Blacks. Has he changed his tune? Or is ABC just doing its best to keep their source in a good light?</p>

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<p>I never understood the argument against ‘grade inflation’ at Harvard. As with all Ivies, I suppose a little more at Harvard, THE KIDS ARE BRILLIANT. If you deserve an A, you should get an A. These kids have gotten A’s their entire lives, why should that change?-especially based on the fact that if they were at any other college they’d likely get a 4.0</p>

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<p>" These kids have gotten A’s their entire lives, why should that change?-especially based on the fact that if they were at any other college they’d likely get a 4.0"</p>

<p>If the above is correct, the level of difficulty of Harvard is not proportional to the quality of student. In effect, the quality of the education is no different than a state u. The bell curve should prevail in order to challenge all students.</p>

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<p>@145bluz Challenging students should happen through richer curriculum, not forceful grade distribution. Grade is not all about education, and giving C to students who deserve A just to distribute the grades more equally will likely have negative effect.</p>

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<p>@humanities2014: Finally someone gets it!</p>

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<p>humanities2014</p>

<p>Then why bother giving grades…just make Harvard pass/fail/honors.</p>

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<p>^Great question!</p>

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<p>^ Medical schools, business schools and law schools seem to want a number.</p>

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<p>Let’s also be clear that it’s not a “Harvard problem”. I unfortunately can’t give you a source, but a little birdie told me that 62% of Yale grades were As or A-s</p>

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<p>This is stupid. There’s a great Crimson article about why this statement and that article’s interpretation of it is silly. </p>

<p>[Statistics</a> and Grade Inflation | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/12/9/stats-grade-inflation/]Statistics”>Statistics and Grade Inflation | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson)</p>