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 ...

While a professor of statistics at Duke University in the 1990s, Valen E. Johnson devised a sophisticated formula, called the Achievement Index, to get around differences in grading practices among ...

Good grading starts long before a class ends.

As often happens with attention-grabbing issues in higher education, much of the conversation about grade inflation is focused on the most-selective colleges. But Peter Burkholder, a professor of ...

The time has come once again to select classes for the next semester, which means it’s time to load up Rate My Professors, a site where you can do exactly as the title suggests: rate professors based ...

When students offer academic advice to others, one of the most commonly overheard statements might be about a teacher’s grading scale, one student steering the other away from a former professor ...

Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent.

Most professors do not think the repeal of the grade deflation policy will have a marked effect on their grading, according to close to 50 interviews conducted by The Daily Princetonian in the days ...

Grade inflation has got to stop — but so do the professors who try to reverse it single-handedly. Don't get me wrong: I'm not advocating that professors should give students grades they don't deserve.

Every semester, after the rush of exams fades away and students settle into vacation routines, the wait begins - the wait for grades. For some students, that wait can last weeks. Martha Daniels '05 ...