Word: classroom
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...still done 'by hand' by the three assistantdeans" as opposed to a computer sorting systemused at other colleges, in order to try to createthe best possible living situations. But shewrites that Harvard "is committed to ensuringthat students experience in our dormitories and inthe Houses as well as within the classroom thechallenges of living and working with individualswhose back grounds, interests, values, and beliefsdiffer form their...
...unresponsive to temperature changes. "Sometimes in the spring when the air conditioning was on, I used to teach while students wore coats--you could see their breath in the air!" Mueller recalls. The new, modern system is much easier to control and even provides teachers with thermostats for individual classrooms. Difficulties with this system, however, have persuaded university officials that classroom temperature control will soon be discontinued. Elizabeth Randall, project manager for the Boylston renovation, cites wide temperature fluxuations for prompting this step: "People crank up the heat and then forget to turn it down," she said...
Quibbling about minute imperfections aside, oneof the changes that affects students most has beenthe replacement of the two large ground floorclassrooms with three smaller, cozier ones. Eachof these new classrooms are wired to the hilt withaudiovisual technology. Wall-mounted speakers,permanent video projectors and fully-automatedscreens make showing videos a simple process.Simple, that is, except for the fact that theinner walls of each classroom is made of glass.So, in spite of the high-tech, fully automaticblackout window shades, light from the hallwaycannot be blocked and provides enough glare torender the movie screen nearly unwatchable.Perhaps the architect momentarily forgot that hewas...
...plans recommend renovating Harvard Hall and Holden Chapel to increase the number of classrooms, and offering more classes at 9 a.m., which is currently an off-peak time. Knowles said improved classroom space management is optimal for efficiency and costs...
Regarding academics, this attitude can be very harmful to undergraduates, because it means that quality instruction, broadly measured as the degree of intimate classroom interaction with members of the Faculty, must be sought. It is possible, of course, to find; and in some concentrations, like my own, it is easier to do so than it others. But in a variety of departments, from economics, governments, from economics, government and English to computer science and biology (not to mention the core Curriculum), advising and intimate learning environments are rare commodities...