More than half of all grades awarded at Harvard College are now A’s — a sharp climb from years past that the university’s top undergraduate official says is eroding the school’s academic culture.

A new report from Harvard’s Office of Undergraduate Education, released Monday, found that roughly 60% of grades given to undergraduates were A’s, up from 40% a decade ago and less than a quarter 20 years ago.

“Current practices are not only failing to perform the key functions of grading; they are also damaging the academic culture of the college more generally,” said Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh, who authored the 25-page report.

The report’s findings were published by Bloomberg News and the Harvard Crimson. 3

Claybaugh called on faculty to “restore the integrity

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