Inside Higher EdOpinion

Want an Evidence-Based Way to Motivate Your Students? Try Specs Grading

Nine out of 10 faculty who switched to a specifications grading system reported it resulted in higher-quality student work.
Hackaday

How LLMs Can Be Assisted To Do Arithmetic Correctly

One of the most hilarious things you can do with an LLM-based chatbot is to ask it to do calculations. If it’s a well-written ...
The Boston Globe

Grade inflation is damaging students. Graduation standards need to push back.

Mary Tamer, a former member of the Boston School Committee is executive director of MassPotential, a nonprofit education organization. On student report cards across the Commonwealth, it appears that ...
The Harvard Crimson

After A-Grade Cap Passes, Students Warn of Competition and Narrower Course Choices

Harvard undergraduates voiced strong opposition to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ decision to cap A grades at roughly 20 percent of undergraduate course enrollment, warning the policy will fuel ...
Fox News

Harvard faculty vote to cap 'A' grades at 20% in sweeping effort to combat decades of grade inflation

Harvard faculty voted in favor of capping A grades at 20% on Wednesday in an effort to combat grade inflation. "Today the Harvard faculty voted to make their grades mean what they say they mean," a ...
CBS News

Harvard will cap number of A grades awarded, in what university calls "a major step to fix" inflation

Harvard University faculty members voted to cap the number of A's awarded to students, a grading change aimed at making student marks more meaningful. By a vote of 458 to 201, faculty approved a ...
Reuters

Harvard faculty take aim at grade inflation by capping 'A' grades for students

May 20 (Reuters) - Harvard University faculty have imposed a limit on the number of "A" grades that can be given to undergraduate students in an effort to end a growing trend of grade inflation at the ...
Forbes

Harvard Faculty Votes To Cap How Many A's Professors Hand Out

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Harvard University faculty have approved a cap on the number of A grades that can be ...
MassLive

Harvard faculty vote on plan to sharply limit ‘A’ grades for students

A vote over a hotly contested proposal that could cap A grades for undergraduate students at Harvard University is coming to a head this week. The reduction in A grades at Harvard follows reports ...
Washington Examiner

AI is stunting students’ ability to write and problem solve

Study after study has revealed that artificial intelligence is adversely affecting students’ ability to think critically, solve problems, and formulate their own ideas without the assistance of ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Harvard Students Furious Over Plan to Crack Down on Grades

Harvard University faculty are set to begin voting Tuesday on the boldest attempt in decades to rein in grade inflation, an issue that’s drawn attention from the White House in its push to remake ...