IN THE NEWS---HARVARD STUDENTS REVOLT OVER NEW GRADING POLICTY THEY CALL "RACIST"

Some Harvard students have launched a petition urging the university to abandon plans to pursue grading reform, calling it "racist."

"This petition calls on Harvard to reject the proposed grading policy, arguing that it is not merely flawed but racially harmful in effect," a petition on Change.org started by Angelina Agostini, a freshman at Harvard College, reads.

"We center racism as a core concern, contending that although the policy is framed as neutral ‘differentiation,’ it functions as a system of ranking and sorting that mirrors and reinforces existing racial and socioeconomic hierarchies," the petition reads. ..."READ MORE AT Harvard students revolt over new grading policy they call 'racist'