Why are Indiana lawmakers trying to dismantle pass-fail grading systems? As the largest medical school in the U.S., Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) utilizes a pass-fail grading system, ...

Georgetown University announced additional reforms to its grading policy for the spring semester April 2 following weeks of student lobbying for more lenient academic standards amid the COVID-19 ...

SELINSGROVE — Susquehanna University students will have to option of a pass/fail or letter grade on courses they are taking this semester. The faculty Monday voted to allow the pass/fail opinion and ...

ATLANTA — The University System of Georgia is now definitively saying a pass/fail grading system will NOT be used for the spring 2020 semester. This comes after an outcry from students who were ...

Along with nearly every other sector in education, the spread of the novel coronavirus has altered many aspects of the medical school admissions process. Canceled MCAT test dates, virtual interviews, ...

Undergraduate students may enroll in up to four semester courses pass/fail during their undergraduate career. Letter grades covered by "pass" ("P" for performance at the "C-" level or above) will not ...

As a growing number of students call for a mandatory pass grading option for the rest of the semester through the Big Red Pass movement, the Big Red Choice movement is also gaining support. Students ...

Two states are considering bills that would require medical schools to use A-F grading systems instead of pass-fail. Indiana and Texas are considering SB 289 and HB 5294, respectively, both of which ...

As scores of medical schools across the nation have changed grading scales, the University of Minnesota is considering following suit. Currently, the school uses a pass-fail-honors scale, but the ...

Prasad is a fourth-year medical student and public policy graduate student in Austin, Texas. A “quiet but consequential erosion of standards” is how a Republican Texas state senator described ...

The last week and a half have been difficult for our community. We know that everyone reacts to tragedy differently, depending on one’s history, relationships, and personal style. Some students find ...