His op-ed says little about the actual problem: grade inflation. Grades are inflated because faculty, like students, are agents in a market who respond to incentives. Game-theoretically speaking, ...

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Data on students’ average grades over the past two decades show that the average grade given at Swarthmore has risen across all divisions.

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The US Department of Education announced on Monday that its Office for Civil Rights has opened two new investigations into Harvard University for potential violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights ...

The Justice Department has filed an unprecedented federal lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing the Ivy League institution of failing to protect Jewish students from harassment and antisemitism ...

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Faculty at the oldest college in the country are debating whether to limit the number of top grades issued to undergraduates.