We face a twofold crisis in higher education: While tuition costs and student-loan debt skyrocket, our students far too often learn precious little of what they need to succeed as employees, citizens, and independent thinkers.
Higher Education
Harvard Joins the ‘Right-Wing Conspiracy’—Declares That College Grades Have Been a Joke for Decades
So, it turns out that the little boy was right all along about the emperor’s new clothes. In an effort to restore grading standards, Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences is conducting an email ballot on the administration’s proposal to limit solid A grades at 20% of students per course (plus up to four additional A’s, if merited)....
June 5, 2026