CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The last time Jake Kamnikar remembers receiving anything other than an A on his transcript was in third-grade art class. He is now a freshman at Harvard. That streak could end soon. A ...

More than half of all grades awarded at Harvard College are now A’s — a sharp climb from years past that the university’s top undergraduate official says is eroding the school’s academic culture. A ...

A group of Harvard faculty members say many students at the Ivy League university are skipping class, skimming or ignoring reading assignments, avoiding challenging discussions, and still graduating ...

In a Harvard lecture hall that has heard countless cases debated and precedents recited, a group of 50 lawyers, government officials, and other executives sat, listening to an upbeat country-pop song.