# Category:Uncategorized

**Source**: https://bearometer.berkeley.edu/category/uncategorized/
**Parent**: https://bearometer.berkeley.edu/2026/01/31/bearometer-16-compliance/

# Category: Uncategorized

- ## [Bearometer 17: Grade Policy](https://bearometer.berkeley.edu/2026/02/21/bearometer-17-grade-policy/)

  The Faculty Bearometer sent the following question on February 11, 2026 to 2,668 faculty senate members:\
  Which of the following best reflects your preference for undergraduate grading policy at Berkeley?

  - Maintain the current system: grading remains primarily at instructor discretion, without campus-wide grade targets\
    or caps
  - Adopt non-binding recommended grade distributions for some or all courses (e.g., broad targets for the share of A-\
    range, B-range, and C-range grades, or a recommended cap on A grades), with instructors free to diverge as\
    appropriate.
  - Adopt binding constraints on grade distributions for some or all courses (e.g., an explicit curve or cap on As, similar\
    to the proposed Harvard College policy capping A grades at 20% in large courses).
  - Other

  N=290. 249 regular faculty responded (14.9%), 41 emerita responded (4%). Faculty from all 32 of our high-level units participated. The survey had a 5-day window

  [February 21, 2026](https://bearometer.berkeley.edu/2026/02/21/bearometer-17-grade-policy/)
- ## [Bearometer 16: Compliance](https://bearometer.berkeley.edu/2026/01/31/bearometer-16-compliance/)

  On January 26, 2026, the Faculty Bearometer sent the following question to 2,500 faculty members:

  How often do rules or compliance requirements at Berkeley lead you to make less effective choices in how you approach teaching, research, mentoring, or service than you otherwise would?

  The choices were:

  - Never
  - Rarely (1x a year)
  - Occasionally (1x a semester)
  - Frequently (1x a month)

  [January 31, 2026](https://bearometer.berkeley.edu/2026/01/31/bearometer-16-compliance/)