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University of Michigan to hide freshman grades, cites mental health crisis
University of Michigan to hide freshman grades, cites mental health crisis
The University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) will stop showing letter grades for first-semester freshmen from fall 2027, citing a growing mental health crisis among college-aged students.…
The Story in Brief
The University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) will stop showing letter grades for first-semester freshmen from fall 2027, citing a growing mental health crisis among college-aged students. Students will receive a 'pass' or 'no credit' on transcripts, and grades will not count toward GPAs for that semester.
Actual grades will be kept internally for scholarships, financial aid and athletic eligibility. The programme is mandatory for all first-year LSA students, with no opt-in. MIT has used a similar pass/no-record system for first-year fall semesters since 1968. LSA has nearly 20,000 undergraduates, including over 3,500 first-year students.
The Indian Opinion
Critics will call this coddling, but the move targets a real spike in student anxiety. Covered grades do not erase feedback; they delay transcript consequences. The test is whether students use the freedom to explore or coast. Watch the university's own data: if GPAs rise in spring terms under the same workload, the policy works. Hiding grades alone won't fix campus mental health, but it may ease one pressure valve without lowering standards.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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