Next year:

One solution for too many A+'s? Harvard considers giving A++ grades.

Here in the Netherland's "energy label" home insulating rankings, we're up to A++++ [1]

[1] https://nieuwbouw.nl/begrijp-nieuwbouw/koop/bouwen/78-de-ver...

"These go to eleven." - Nigel Tufnel, Spinal Tap

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgx4k83zzc

IIR, grade inflation was supposedly started by the Vietnam-era draft exemption rules - students without high grades lost their exemptions, and professors and colleges were often reluctant to "send them off to die".

Unfortunately, nobody at the table cared much about getting it under control - let alone rolling it back - after the draft was eliminated in '73.

With all the recent stories about Harvard Literature majors being unable to focus long enough to actually read literature, rampant cheating with AI, etc. - maybe they should just give A+'s to all students paying full tuition, A's to those paying up to 80% full tuition, and so on.

And recruiters & such should regard every grade above a 'D' as "occasionally bothered to show up".