The phrase "earning grades" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how someone obtained their academic grades. For example, "He worked diligently throughout the semester, earning grades that earned him a place on the dean's list."
However, it said "a disillusioned workforce would soon result in (academic) standards slipping" and this had not been the case, with three-quarters of GCSE pupils earning grades A* - C, including maths and English, last year.
Next month, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will meet to decide exactly how to translate the results into a formula for distributing research funds, but the councils have already decided that departments earning grades 1 and 2 will receive no research infrastructure money at all.
We're all familiar with earning grades in school but did you know embryos are graded, too?
Instead of taking tests and earning grades, students perform specific tasks that demonstrate competence in areas that are deemed essential for success.
Thirty-six students had completed the Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology course in the department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) during the 2006 2007 academic year, earning grades ranging from A to D (14 A, 14 B, 6 C, and 2 D).
The number of entries earning grade A*-C in Wales was 65.4%, compared with an average of 69.4% across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Education wasn't just something you did in a classroom to earn grades.
Compared with 45 percent in the 2008-9 analysis, 40 percent of the 331 high schools that earned grades got A's on their 2009-10 school report cards.
The District of Columbia and New York earn grades of "A-." Eleven states earn grades of "B+," "B" or "B-." And it is downhill from there.
About 6% of the system earned grades of D and F, according to a Times analysis of Department of Water and Power data.
Only five of those 25 earned grades of C or better -- Dunkin Donuts and McDonald's rounded out the top five with C grades.
