Tuition may be going up, but grades have been coming down. Figures released to the Faculty this week indicate that undergraduates received more "unsatisfactory" academic records last year than at any time in recent history, in part because of the College's first round of grade deflation in several decades. The Administrative Board last year reviewed the cases of 622 students with unsatisfactory grades--9.4 per cent of the student body.

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The six-year-old case of Ephraim Isaac, a former associate professor of Afro-American Studies, may soon be resolved. Isaac, who has charged the University with discrimination stemming from his failure to receive tenure in 1975, met last Sunday with Daniel Steiner, general counsel to the University, to propose a way of ending the dispute. Neither side revealed details, but Isaac said this week, "It looks like a major change; at least it's a light in the window."

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Results of last week's city council and school baord elections were finalized this week. Strong support for conservative candidates from voters angered by condominium controls denied a city council majority to the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA). The school board will include three liberals and three conservatives, a change from the previous 4-2 CCA majority. The mayor, to be chosen from among the city councilors, will serve as the seventh member, determining the committee's political slant.