Harvard faculty will vote on a proposal to cap A grades at about 20 percent after a report showed a majority of course grades recently were A’s. The proposal aims to address widespread concerns about grade inflation that administrators and employers say obscure student differentiation. If adopted, the policy would force instructors and departments to recalibrate grading norms and could ripple across elite higher education, influencing graduate admissions and employer signaling. Critics argue caps risk compressing evaluation or disadvantaging high‑performing cohorts, while proponents say limits restore meaningful grade distinctions.