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Calling the state of higher education “gloomy,” Interim President Derek C. Bok said yesterday that faculty need to take greater ownership for the state and improvement of undergraduate education. “I have not encountered many faculty who are even aware about how much students actually learn while in college,” Bok said at yesterday’s annual meeting of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. “Only faculties can actively improve the quality of teaching and learning in the nation’s classrooms...
...Derek Bok Center on Teaching and Learning gives teaching awards to TFs who lead sections larger than seven students and who achieve a 4.5 or above out of 5 on their CUE evaluations...
...second time this semester, Interim President Derek C. Bok is holding (drumroll, please) office hours! The biggest man on campus will receive lowly Harvard affiliates on a first-come, first-serve basis this Monday, Dec. 11 from 3:30 to 5 p.m in Mass. Hall. Get there at 2:30 to sign-up, and don’t forget your Harvard ID—no randos allowed...
Undergraduate Council (UC) elections are boring as shit. In fact, they’re more boring than Harvard-Yale rivalry, House spirit, and Derek C. Bok combined. Imagine a supercomputer capable of sorting genetic info into cross-referenced modules. Sounds pretty sweet, huh? Nope. Super fucking boring, just like these loser elections. Nevertheless, since everyone’s talking about them we figured we’d weigh in. The root of the problem is really with the UC itself, which is the second most boring institution on campus, surpassed only by HOLLIS. Just consider parties. Most people would agree...
...space and occupancy costs. In particular, utility costs skyrocketed by 39 percent after growing by 10 percent last year. “Although it was a year of significant transition in many parts of the University, the financial results remained strong,” said Interim President Derek Bok in a letter preceding the report. But results may not remain as strong in the future, vice president for finance Elizabeth Mora and treasurer James F. Rothenberg cautioned in another letter preceding the report. They expressed doubt about the capacity of future revenue growth to keep pace with inflation. They also...