University of Michigan will hide students’ grades, scrub transcripts to curb ‘mental health crisis’

Nypost · Aug 08, 2026 · 402 words · By Sonya Gugliara

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University of Michigan will hide students’ grades, scrub transcripts to curb ‘mental health crisis’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

University of Michigan will hide students’ grades, scrub transcripts to curb ‘mental health crisis’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Common ground

University of Michigan’s liberal arts college said grades for incoming freshman during their first semester will be hidden and excluded from their transcripts to “curb the mental health crisis” among students.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Students in the LSA college will start seeing their grades recorded in their transcripts and reflected in their GPAs in their second semester?
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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 80% confidence

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Students in the LSA college will start seeing their grades recorded in their transcripts and reflected in their GPAs in their second semester”

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Evidence from the LSA pilot program page confirms that grades will be recorded on transcripts and reflected in GPAs beginning in the second semester.

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web search NEUTRAL — This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title LSA. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSA

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web search NEUTRAL — Language Services Associates (LSA) connects you with highly qualified interpreters when, where, and how you need them. We support hundreds of languages 24/7/365 because we know that the success of eve…
https://lsa.inc/

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web search NEUTRAL — The Linguistic Society of America (LSA), founded in 1924, is the leading U.S. professional organization dedicated to advancing the scientific study of language.
https://www.lsadc.org/

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Claim 2: “The LSA college, which has nearly 20,000 students”

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The provided evidence confirms LSA is a college at U-M, but does not provide the specific student population count of 'nearly 20,000'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (born October 31, 1984), commonly known as Abdul El-Sayed, is an American politician and epidemiologist who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate elec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) is the liberal arts and sciences school of the University of Michigan. The college was established in 1841.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Literature,_Science…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Michigan (UMich, U-M, or Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1817 and is the oldest institution of higher education in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan

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Claim 3: “The LSA college, the largest of the university’s 19 colleges”

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While Wikipedia confirms LSA is the liberal arts school of U-M, none of the provided evidence confirms that it is the largest of exactly 19 colleges.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A college of arts and sciences (sometimes called a school of arts and sciences or faculty of arts and sciences) is most commonly an individual institution or academic division within a university that…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_arts_and_sciences

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science (Formerly SNR Sons College - An Autonomous Institution) is a College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1987. At presen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Ramakrishna_College_of_Art…

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Claim 4: “University of Michigan’s liberal arts college said grades for incoming freshman during their first semester will be hidden and excluded from their transcripts”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) will eliminate letter grades from official transcripts for first-semester freshmen.

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Claim 5: “Similar programs have also been adopted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Swarthmore College and Wellesley College.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about Jennifer Lopez and does not mention MIT, Caltech, Swarthmore, or Wellesley.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking barriers for Latino Americans in Hollywood and helping propel the Latin pop movement in music. She is …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lopez

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web search NEUTRAL — Jennifer Lopez has starred in over forty feature films during a career that spans four decades as an actor and a producer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lopez_filmography

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 9, 2025 · Jennifer Lopez is soaking up the final months before her twins take off for their next big chapter. With Max and Emme, her 17-year-old twins with ex-husband Marc Anthony, now interested …
https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20251009860769/jennifer-…

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Claim 6: “Starting this fall, the public research university’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will grade freshmen in their first semester solely on a pass/no credit basis instead of letter grades”

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Multiple sources confirm the transition to a pass/no credit grading system for first-semester freshmen in the LSA college.

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Claim 7: “their grades won’t be factored into their GPAs”

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Web search results explicitly state that calculations of GPAs will not include first-semester letter grades for LSA students.

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web search NEUTRAL — Beginning in their second semester, LSA students’ grades will be recorded in their transcripts and reflected in their GPAs for all subsequent semesters they are enrolled at U-M.New transfer students w…
https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/academics/lsa-first-semester-grade…

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web search NEUTRAL — Starting this fall, freshmen will be graded in their first semester solely on a pass/no credit basis instead of letter grades, the school announced in a statement.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/08/us-news/university-of-michigan…

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web search NEUTRAL — LSA students will still receive grades and instructor feedback in all their first-semester courses, but final letter grades will not be recorded on their external transcripts, and calculations of thei…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/08/06/this…

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Claim 8: “Their true grades will be internally recorded for academic awards, scholarships, internships, academic advising, professional opportunities, and if a student is switching to a major outside of the LSA college.”

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While the general policy of pass/no credit is corroborated, the specific detail about internal recording for scholarships, internships, and major changes is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; only the general policy is mentioned.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LSA or Lsa is an acronym standing for:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSA

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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.