Faculty and administrators have said such College-wide solutions would be unlikely due to the wide variety of classes offered in FAS.
The recent media spotlight on Harvard’s grading policies has left more than half of students concerned the attention will hurt the reputation of a Harvard degree.
And 21 percent of students said their teaching fellows or professors had specifically said they would grade more strictly this past semester due to the scrutiny on Harvard’s grades.
Pedersen will pass along the departmental reviews she receives Friday to the Educational Policy Committee (EPC), which she said hopes to bring an official proposal for reform to vote before the faculty this spring.
The Crimson’s results are based on a phone survey of 248 randomly-selected undergraduates. The numbers are accurate within a five to six percent margin of error.
-Staff writer Jessica E. Vascellaro can be reached at vascell@fas.harvard.edu.