An Oregon university announced they will abandon failing letter grades, citing a "GPA fixation" that negatively impacts students. Western Oregon University issued a news release earlier this month ...

Faculty and administrators at Western Oregon University are aiming to increase student retention rates and foster academic equity by changing the university’s grading system. The small regional ...

Joy Malak floundered through her freshman year in college. "I had to learn how to balance my finances. I had to learn how to balance work and school and the relationship I'm in." The hardest part ...

Grading is used to provide feedback and evaluate student work. Instructors communicate to students about their performance, where they need more help to achieve the course's goals and highlight ...

As graduate student employees continue to strike for better wages and health care, the University of Michigan is pressuring department chairs to submit grades for students they haven’t taught, ...

The GPA at UB is the ratio of the number of grade points earned at UB to the number of graded credits at UB. Only letter grades are utilized in determining GPA; letter grades are “A,” “A-,” “B+,” “B,” ...

The grades A, B, C, and D may be modified by (+) or (-) suffixes, except that the grade of “A” may not be modified by a (+) suffix. Grade point values per unit are assigned as follows: A = 4.0 A- = ...

Users across the social media landscape left comments bemoaning the state of the American public-education system. Some users went further, implying that the scale was implemented statewide. But a few ...

Judging by movement in the legislature, you’d think there’s a significant problem at Arizona’s three universities with students being punished with poor grades solely because of their political views ...

My son Andrew is currently in the midst of the college application process. My daughter Megan is a junior in college. And in my job as a college professor, I constantly find myself in conversations ...