Princeton and Wellesley May Re-inflate Grades

Princeton and Wellesley are considering reversing actions they took a decade ago to curb grade inflation:  Princeton capped A-range grades at 35%, and Wellesley imposed a mandatory B+ median in introductory (100) level and intermediate (200) level courses with at least 10 students:

Princeton, Report from the Ad Hoc Committee to Review Policies Regarding Assessment and Grading:

Wellesley, The Effects of an Anti-Grade-Inflation Policy at Wellesley College:

 

• Business Insider, Harvard Students Told College Applicants Not To Go To Princeton Because They Wouldn't Get As Many 'A's'
• Chronicle of Higher Education, 2 Word Clouds That’ll Tell You Nothing About Grade Inflation at Princeton
• Chronicle of Higher Education, Princeton Faculty Group Recommends Axing Policy That Limits A’s
• Daily Princetonian, A-grades Decreased the Most Before Deflation and Have Increased Since, Committee Finds
• Inside Higher Ed, A For Effort
• New York Times, Princeton Is Proposing to End Limit on Giving A’s
• Newsweek, Princeton Looks to Scrap ‘Grade Quotas’
• Quartz, What Happens When an Elite American University Kills Grade Inflation

Update:  The Economist, What the Ivies Can Learn From Wellesley