On the one hand, I don't really care what Harvard does with its grading policy. Articles like this tend to confuse 'prestige' with 'wealthy and connected'. By the same token, I think it's worth pointing out that a policy such as this reinforces the idea that the university isn't actually measuring skills or achievement, but rather, is acting as a social filter, sorting people into classes and classifications. It's all about the competition, not the learning. We don't need that in a democratic society.
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