{
  "id": 10971855,
  "title": "New University of Michigan grading plan halted after backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/new-university-of-michigan-grading-plan-halted-after-backlash",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T14:40:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6120237-university-of-michigan-freshmen-grading/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The president of the University of Michigan has halted a plan to forgo letter grades for some first-year students after receiving backlash over the proposed system. The university planned in fall 2027 for first-year students in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts to go without normal letter grades on their transcripts and instead...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}