Harvard Needs Honest Grading to Preserve Its Academic Credibility

Have grades lost their meaning? Harvard professor and Bloomberg Opinion columnist Noah Feldman weighs in on Harvard and University of Michigan’s recent grade policies. (Source: Bloomberg)

University policies on grades, like grades themselves, run along a wide spectrum. Harvard, my alma mater and my employer, wants to combat grade inflation and so is limiting the number of A’s in undergraduate classes. Michigan, meanwhile, wants to combat grade anxiety and so is…