In the second edition of our regular column, “Office Hours”, Swarthmore faculty members share their thoughts on and concerns with grading practices and grade inflation at Swarthmore and beyond.

Tall, rich, and beautiful, Richmond was hard to ignore. His eyes in particular were “superb,” as one contemporary remembered; ...

An 8th-grade student once challenged by dyslexia is now thriving, reading four grade levels above her own. What some saw as a learning disability became her motivation to ...