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Harris said that the new policy, which will no longer make exams the default form of final assessment in courses, is not an endorsement of the recent move away from offering three-hour exams. Rather, the changes are motivated by the desire to streamline the process of devising the exam...
But some professors expressed concern at yesterday’s meeting that the trend toward fewer exams on campus may lead to alternate forms of assessment that are less effective at differentiating academic performance among students.
Specialty bookstores carrying anything from used rare books to travel maps are overlooked but not underloved, subtly settling into the landscape of Harvard Square over the years.
In addition to the stories on their shelves, these bookstores’ histories are tales of their own.
“There are probably less than 10 places in the country that could do what I do in Cambridge,” says Petrovato, who contends that Raven’s strongest section, philosophy, is perhaps one of the top 10 collections in the country.