Leaked! Harvard’s Grading Rubric - Humor from NYT

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/opinion/sunday/leaked-harvards-grading-rubric.html


excerpt:

From: The Dean of Harvard College

To: The Faculty
In light of the controversy regarding so-called grade inflation, please take a moment to review the grading guidelines rubric, reproduced below:


The A+ grade is used only in very rare instances for the recognition of truly exceptional achievement


For example:

A term paper receiving the A+ is virtually indistinguishable from the work of a professional, both in its choice of paper stock and its font. The student's command of the topic is expert, or at the very least intermediate, or beginner. Nearly every single word in the paper is spelled correctly; those that are not can be reasoned out phonetically within minutes. Content from Wikipedia is integrated with precision. The paper contains few, if any, death threats.