Pat Gray
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The decision comes as the number of A's awarded at Harvard has grown from 25%.
In 2005 and 2006, 25% A's to 60% last year.
With AI potentially expediting grade inflation, faculty warned the trend could harm the university's credibility in the eyes of employers and graduate schools.
So one professor suggested grade inflation negatively impacts enrollment in other courses taught by professors who give out A's sparingly.
The decision is unpopular.
First of all, you already have a negative impact on enrollment in those courses if you already know that that particular professor doesn't give out that many A's.
But I digress.
The decision is unpopular with students who are concerned the new approach will reduce collaboration between students and impact students.
their mental health about.
So Harvard faculty also voted yesterday to replace the GPA with percentile rank to determine honors, not just cum laude.
So good times.
Good times at Harvard.
Good times.
Good times at Harvard.
I'm sure some of the 600,000 Chinese going there, that this will be affecting them.
I don't think all 600,000 are going to Harvard, but it's probably a good portion of them.
We don't know.
Probably a good portion.
Yeah.
I mean, there's plenty of universities that will fail if they stop coming here.