It’s time for Harvard students to say goodbye to their straight-A’s.

On Friday, a committee of faculty advised the school to adopt a 20% cap on A’s to beat back grade inflation — a stark reduction from the 66% of A’s that were awarded last school year.

Students are predictably having a meltdown, with one claiming the move would mean “life wouldn’t be worth that much to live.” But the proposal would restore meaning and meritocracy to the grading system of the nation’s premier university.

The 19-page report from the Subcommittee on Grading of the Undergraduate Educational Policy Committee expressed concern that the current inflated grading system doesn’t differentiate students and suggested that an A should represent “extraordinary distinction.”

The committee wrote that their recommendations for next school year “are intended to restore grades to their role as meaningful indicators of student performance and feedback, and to support the central academic mission of Harvard College: teaching and learning.” The proposal will come to a full faculty vote ahead of the next school year.

The report shows that the proportion of A’s has exploded........

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