The University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) will designate all first-year students’ first-semester grades as pass or no-credit on their official transcripts starting in fall 2027 in a bid to boost their mental health.
The college described the change as part of efforts to help students establish early momentum, which it called the most important element in the university’s campus-wide Student Success Initiative.
“We believe that covering grades will help students start strong and curb the mental health crisis unfolding among college-aged individuals,” the college said on its website.
LSA enrolls about 3,500 first-year students in “more than 85 majors and sub-majors.” The policy will not apply at the university’s other 18 colleges, such the schools of business, education, and engineering. The university’s total undergraduate enrollment is about 47,000 students. …