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...other members of the advisory group, Berkman Professor of Psychology Elizabeth S. Spelke and Smith Professor of Computer Science Margo I. Seltzer, are on the Educational Policy Committee, which is advocating secondary fields—approved at the Faculty meeting last week—and delaying concentration choice to the middle of sophomore year —to be considered at the meeting next month...
Jonathan L. Zittrain, a professor and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, outlined the four schools of thought that currently prevail regarding the issue: the “orthodox,” who favor banning technology; the “fundamentalists,” who believe that all instructors should ban technology; the “laissez-faire,” who favor allowing professors or students to make their own decisions; and the “innovators,” who experiment widely with technology and integrate it into their teaching...
Jonathan Zittrain, faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at HLS, applauds Edelman’s work...
...experts think that downloaders may find themselves harried more and more often, Harvard administration officials say the university doesn’t play any active role in discour-aging downloading to begin with. Thus, the future is uncertain for Harvard downloaders.THE POWERS THAT BEJohn Palfrey, Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, is not surprised by the harsh punishment faced by Thomas and Bowser. “Increasingly, we’ve seen very stringent penalties for copyright related law-breaking,” he says. “The entertain-ment industry...
...over the finer points of the legislation, yesterday’s vote left many professors and administrators beaming, after months of controversy dogging University President Lawrence H. Summers had delayed Faculty-wide discussion of the curricular review. “I’m very pleased,” Berkman Professor of Psychology Elizabeth S. Spelke, the EPC member who presented the secondary fields proposal, said after the meeting. “It’s clear we’ve started the work we have to do.” Others marveled at the legislation’s passage...