Harvard College faculty are voting on whether to cap the number of A grades awarded in undergraduate courses in an effort to address grade inflation and compressiveness. The proposal would set a cap of 20% of A grades plus four per course, with the change applying only to A grades and not to A- or other letter grades. Harvard Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh cited concerns that current grading is “too compressed and too inflated” and inconsistent, while also undermining the academic mission by failing to perform its core evaluative functions. If implemented, the change would be among the most direct faculty-driven interventions to reshape grading policy at an elite institution—creating immediate implications for assessment practices across Harvard College’s undergraduate curriculum.