GOOD!

Princeton has a good idea:

Earning high marks at Princeton University may soon be a tougher task.

Faculty members and school officials are reviewing proposed changes to the university's grading system that would limit the number of A's that professors could award. The goal of the proposal made public this week is to lower the number of A's from the current 46 percent to 35 percent for undergraduate courses.

"Curbing grade inflation will require more aggressive steps than we have taken," said Nancy Weiss Malkiel, dean of Princeton's undergraduate college. She sent the proposal to faculty members on Tuesday, and they are due to vote on the proposal later this month.

According to the proposal, grades could vary class by class, but each department would be expected to try to meet the limit on A's. It also would allow faculty members to see the grades for every department.

Yes! People need to learn to live with disappointment. People need to learn that there's much more to life than pleasuring one's self to their GPA.

Of course, this is an Ivy League school we're talking about, so a move like this could up the ol' suicide rate.

Maybe a compromise should be found, wherein all students of Cornel West get A's, while all students of Bernard Lewis get B's. There!