In a move aimed at reversing grade inflation, Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences this week adopted a rule capping A grades at 20% of all letter grades in any given course, with professors permitted to award as many as four A's beyond that threshold.
According to The New York Times, the tally was 458 in favor and 201 opposed. A class of 100 students, under the new formula, would yield a maximum of 24 A's for the professor to assign. Only undergraduate grades are subject to the restriction, and anything at or below A-minus remains uncapped.