Despite the rise in grade point average cutoffs to earn Latin honors and Dean’s List recognitions over the past two decades, Duke faculty are grappling with how — and whether — grade inflation has ...

What’s in a grade? On its surface, a letter or number grade would appear to be a fixed measure of a student’s performance on a given assessment: a test, essay, project, or other tangible piece of work ...

We all grew up hoping for As and Bs over Cs and Ds, but is the letter grading system outdated? An education scholar argues as ...

It’s not uncommon for students to run into issues with their professors. While most professors are supportive of students and invested in their learning, students frequently encounter at least one ...

Another method is called collaborative grading, or ungrading, where students don’t get grades throughout the semester. Instead, they get feedback from their teachers and complete self-assessments. At ...

A group of Harvard faculty members say many students at the Ivy League university are skipping class, skimming or ignoring reading assignments, avoiding challenging discussions, and still graduating ...

(Bloomberg) -- More than half of the grades handed out at Harvard College are A’s, an increase from decades past even as school officials have sounded the alarm for years about rampant grade inflation ...

T his is part of an actual email I received from a student (with minor alterations to correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to hide the student’s identity): I’m reaching out to you because I ...

December 4, 2025 - A new literacy intervention program is being rolled out in San Diego, Alameda, San Mateo and Riverside counties, to help teenagers in juvenile detention grasp the basics of reading.

More college students are using AI chatbots to help them with their studies. But data recently released by an AI company shows they're aren't the only ones using the technology. College students are ...