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An anonymous reader shares a report: More than half of the grades handed out at Harvard College are A's, an increase from decades past even as school officials have sounded the alarm for years about rampant grade inflation. About 60% of the grades handed out in classes for the university's undergraduate program are A's, up from 40% a decade ago and less than a quarter 20 years ago, according to a report released Monday by Harvard's Office of Undergraduate Education. Other elite universities, including competing Ivy League schools, have also been struggling to rein in grade inflation. The report's author, Harvard undergraduate dean Amanda Claybaugh, urged faculty to curtail the practice of awarding top scores to the majority of students, saying it undermines academic culture. "Current practices are not only failing to perform the key functions of grading; they are also damaging the academic culture of the college more generally," she said in the report.

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The Good American co-founder made the admission to her sister Kourtney Kardashian and friend Simon Huck during a conversation about the Lemme owner's libido gummy.

Epstein, Maxwell and Weinstein were at the 30 room royal residence - where the former Duke of York continues to live for free - for Princess Beatrice 's 18th birthday party in 2006.

The celebrated actress was best-known for her role as Sybil Fawlty - the long-suffering wife of John Cleese 's hotel owner Basil - in BBC comedy Fawlty Towers.

Millions of adults with a common sleep disorder could be at greater risk of suffering a potentially deadly brain bleed, concerning new research suggested today.

In a recent blog post, the AI giant warned that 0.07 per cent of its weekly users showed signs of serious mental health emergencies.

The decision was made after her home was left teetering on the edge of the 25 foot high sandy cliff following recent stormy weather.

He said 'it's been a difficult decision'

When he first announced he was getting married to the British air hostess, who is 26 years his junior, not many gave the relationship much chance of success.

Llinos Ndlovu and her husband, from Monmouth, Wales, constructed the building without planning permission in September 2023.

Good luck to the 1,000 enterprise guinea pigs on the initial preview

Anthropic has opened a waitlist for Claude for Excel, promising spreadsheet devotees that its LLM will be able to understand their entire workbook.…

A plane was reportedly forced to land because of a fire risk when a 'laptop fell into the cargo hold' less than an hour into the flight.

The suspect allegedly gunned down Deputy Andrew Nuñez, 28, who was expecting his second child, in Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County, on Monday afternoon.

The elevated ground-floor home is on the 'pan handle' of the peninsula on Banks Road - an exclusive stretch of Dorset prime real estate where houses can fetch up to £15million.

Microsoft and OpenAI have finalized a new agreement that removes uncertainty for investors and clears the path for OpenAI to restructure as a for-profit business. Microsoft receives a 27% ownership stake in OpenAI worth approximately $135 billion and retains access to the AI startup's technology until 2032, including models that achieve AGI. OpenAI completed its recapitalization, simplifying its corporate structure while keeping the nonprofit in control of the for-profit entity. The OpenAI Foundation receives an equity stake worth roughly $130 billion and plans to initially focus on funding work to accelerate health breakthroughs. Microsoft backed OpenAI with $13.75 billion and was the biggest holdout among investors during negotiations. Once OpenAI achieves AGI, verified by an independent expert panel, Microsoft will no longer receive a cut of OpenAI's revenue. Microsoft also loses its right of first refusal on new cloud infrastructure business from OpenAI, though OpenAI commits an additional $250 billion to Azure.

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An assessment of the causes and remedies of glaring LED lamps will be launched after their increasingly common fixture in new vehicles has made it hazardous to drive in the dark.

Among the top value destinations are beaches that offer fresh coconuts for less than £1, beers at roughly £2 and hotels averaging about £57 per night.

The '0 bedroom' second-floor flat in the affluent Belsize Park area in Hampstead has caused a storm after being shared on social media this week.

John Kent and John Hutchenson were caught on CCTV attempting to steal the bicycle on Bishopsgate in the City of London.

In the days after the 1912 disaster, devastated families travelled by train to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to collect the bodies. Upon arrival they were handed an 'important notice' by White Star Line officials.