Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Harvard is Right to Cap A Grades
May 27, 2026
May 27, 2026
MINNETONKA, Minnesota, May 27 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on May 26, 2026, by policy fellow Josiah Padley:
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Harvard is right to cap A grades
In a decision a long time in the making, nearly 70 percent of Harvard's faculty has just voted to limit A grades in every course to roughly the top 20 percent of students.
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Harvard is right to cap A grades
In a decision a long time in the making, nearly 70 percent of Harvard's faculty has just voted to limit A grades in every course to roughly the top 20 percent of students.