The University of Michigan says it will conceal final letter grades for some students and exclude those grades from grade point averages, while also removing them from external transcripts. The change is described as applying to incoming students during their first semester.
According to reporting, the university frames the policy as a response to a “mental health crisis” affecting students, with the aim of reducing pressure linked to early academic evaluation. The outlets differ mainly in emphasis and wording, with one focusing on the administrative steps—hiding grades, excluding them from GPAs, and scrubbing them from transcripts—while the other highlights the goal of addressing student mental health.
Both accounts describe the same core measures: grades are withheld from view, do not count toward academic averages for the affected term, and are removed from transcripts that can be shared externally. The reports do not provide additional details on enforcement timelines or the specific academic policies governing what replaces the hidden grades.
