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...political bias bordering on indifference. Only slightly more are able to feign that attitude in the name of academic debate. The question, then, is not whether professors should have the political biases that are their birthright, but whether universities like Harvard should put restrictions on political speech in the classroom...
...line must inevitably be drawn to prevent improper intimidation in the classroom, but we think it best to err on the side of academic freedom rather than to overzealously stamp out bias wherever it appears. At Harvard, at least, we are confident that the quality of the curriculum is sufficiently strong and even-handed. Where there are exceptions—and there are—there are other avenues for exposure to alternate perspectives, and there are generally multiple outlets to air grievances. Professors rarely treat their students as pitchers to be filled up with the correct...
Weston owns two buildings on Phillips Place—which runs between Brattle and Garden Streets—as well as several Jesuit houses throughout Cambridge and an apartment for lay students on Harvard Street toward Central Square, according to Stachniewicz. It rents classroom space from its next-door neighbor, the Episcopal Divinity School. Stachniewicz said talks with BC are still at such a preliminary stage that Weston has not decided what it will do with its Cambridge holdings if a merger deal is in fact reached...
Without knowing how a professor actually engages with his or her students, inside and outside of the classroom, the University cannot make the best tenure decisions. While student letters have yet to be proven the most effective method for evaluating teaching skills, it is an idea to consider. Watching Princeton’s experience with student letters will help Harvard gauge the program’s value, and we expect Harvard’s administration to keep its eyes peeled...
Paloma A. Zepeda ’06, a member of the HRC, is also coordinator of the Harvard chapter of Students for Academic Freedom, a nationwide group that seeks to address issues of classroom bias...