Over 40 percent of respondents to The Crimsonâs survey of Harvardâs Faculty of Arts and Sciences said they believe the Universityâs standing within higher education has fallen during the past decade.
In addition, nearly 70 percent of faculty respondents said that grade inflation is a âprevalentâ issue within their departments, with 34 percent âstronglyâ agreeing.
The Crimson distributed its faculty survey to more than 1,180 members of the FAS in late February, polling Harvardâs flagship faculty on key University policy decisions, challenges they face as academics, and pressing issues on campus â including the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track faculty all received the survey.