The University of Michigan wants to help address the mental health struggles of college students by making first-semester grades matter less. The policy raises a question that extends well beyond Ann ...

I was a kid who thrived on the positive reinforcement of being an “A” student; to this day, I can count on my hands the number of “bad grades” I received during my K-12 education. There was the “D” on ...

The university will make first-semester grades pass or fail, to encourage students to try different classes and lessen fears of what a low grade could mean. By Mark Arsenault The University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been more than 20 years, but I can still feel the shock of seeing the letter "F" on my first college English test. It was a ...

When I was a college sophomore, I stopped looking at my assignments and exam grades to loosen the association between straight A's and my self-worth. At the end of each semester, I checked my course ...