U.Va. to give option of course credit instead of letter grade

By The Associated Press
October 13, 2020 | 8:45 AM

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia is giving students the option of receiving course credit without a letter grade.

The Daily Progress reported Monday that the move is being made in the wake of students suffering stress, anxiety and internet connectivity troubles in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students will be allowed to choose a grading system that includes received a credit or no credit rather than the usual letter grading system.

Classes taken under the credit system will have no impact on a student’s grade point average.

The move follows student efforts to make the change.

Those efforts included online petitions as well as lobbying and a resolution by the university’s Student Council.

Howard University president says more than 200 students readmitted after mass unenrollment

By The Associated Press
July 29, 2026 | 6:20 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The interim president of Howard University said over 200 of the more than 500 first-year incoming students who were unenrolled for the fall semester have been readmitted to the Washington, D.C. school. In an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Wayne A. I. Frederick defended the way the historically Black university handled the initial unenrollment, saying many students and their families apparently misunderstood the communicated financial obligations they were expected to meet before the start of instruction in August. “There were no issues as far as what we communicated," Frederick said, adding that the school had been clear since March about unpaid balances for tuition that were due by mid-July. Students who were unenrolled for financial reasons had outstanding tuition balances after their financial aid and scholarships were applied, he said. Others were unenrolled because of unreported immunizations.

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