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...other schools. Harvard needs to adopt a University senate comprised of faculty from every school that would serve to organize and communicate the greater faculty’s collective voice. As Harvard moves forward with its current initiatives (such as inter-school graduate degree programs and Allston development), a University-wide consultative body will give a common voice to the diverse interests of Harvard’s faculties. The call for a University senate at Harvard was voiced last week by Alan A. Altshuler, dean of the Graduate School of Design. “It is perhaps a flaw...
...only be a positive thing for the College’s many “homeless” organizations. In a perfect world, every student organization would get a soundproof, secure office in a central location. But,until Harvard’s development of a new campus in Allston is complete, Hilles is as good as it’s going...
...that the expansive curricular review began, a much needed initiative to strengthen scientific literacy among undergraduates, simplify and update distribution requirements, and encourage study abroad, all initiatives that will continue to make Harvard a leader in undergraduate education. Finally, Summers guided Harvard through the delicate but crucial expansion into Allston that will allow Harvard to forge ahead in the biological and physical sciences and indeed all areas of knowledge and scholarship. Yet the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, but one faculty among many, precipitated Summers’ resignation on account of his demand for first-rate scholarship, his challenges...
Finally, many of the most important decisions that are currently being made at the University concern the planning of our vast new campus in Allston. By the 1990s, community opposition had essentially shut down any new construction in Cambridge. If the University is to grow, that growth must occur across the river. The inevitable consequence of Summers’ belief in undergraduates and the life sciences is that much of the new campus will be devoted to expanding life sciences and improving undergraduate life. Summers coupled that vision with an increasing understanding of community-building. He championed new housing...
...Harvard Financial Aid Initiative has deepened our commitment to social mobility in a country with increasingly calcified social structures. The Office of International Programs now thoroughly encourages international experiences. With the recent appointment of a German architectural firm, we now have concrete steps toward a new campus in Allston. The Curricular Review, the Women’s Center (whatever that will be), popularized Freshmen Seminars, and others, populate the list of achievements of Harvard’s prime Diet Coke addict. Because of your long-term vision and works, the presidency was yours to keep, Larry...