Harvard faculty approved a policy to curb grade inflation by limiting how many A grades professors can award. The plan, set to take effect in fall 2027, caps A grades at 20% of enrolled students plus four additional A’s, with no cap applying to A-minus grades. Supporters said the quota would restore differentiation in an environment where top marks have become more common and expected. Critics argued the policy undermines faculty autonomy and imposes an arbitrary constraint on academic judgment. The decision ends a long-running debate on whether Harvard’s grading practices accurately reflect exceptional performance and how to maintain student and employer trust in transcript signals. For higher education institutions wrestling with assessment credibility and expectations from grading policies, the move adds momentum to reconsidering how grading systems communicate learning outcomes.