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...acumen, the Faculty again turned up its nose at an issue that should dominate attention. The Faculty meeting in which the Task Force’s report was to be discussed was one of the most poorly attended of the year. We hope that Faust and Smith do not allow the report to gather dust on a shelf and instead make it a guiding document for their tenures.The two should also take a page from former FAS Dean William C. Kirby and former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ playbook in making the improvement of student life at Harvard...
Though the original report of the Verba committee endorsed the creation of a January “J-term,” Bok left yesterday’s proposal vague on this topic, writing that he would allow schools the “discretion to decide what, if any, programmatic use to make of the period from early January to the beginning of the spring term...
Discussing the advantages of the new configuration, Bok said that it would allow easier cross-registration across schools and diminish the stress of winter break...
Although the calendar reforms proposed by the Verba committee have gained broad support from deans across the University, some members of FAS have expressed concerns over Bok’s decision not to allow the University’s faculties to vote on the changes...
...making the change, Harvard is hoping that its reputation will prevent the College from losing top students to other institutions that still allow early applications...