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...survey found that 46 percent of students say professors “use the classroom to present their personal political views.” Forty-two percent of students complain that readings for classes do not present both sides of controversial issues, and 29 percent say that they feel they must agree with professors’ political views to do well in their classes...
...experience as a student here has not at all reflected that trend,” Graff said. “My professors have without exception tried to keep normative assessments out of the classroom...
Nowhere have I noticed this more than in the classroom. One fellow blonde (who asked not to be named) said that a friend once asked her if she tried to speak a lot in section to compensate for her “big boobs and blonde hair.” You can go ahead and say that this is all in my head, but I feel that my ideas—whether it be on Marx or Shakespeare—are taken less seriously because of my appearance. Even in conversations with friends, my opinions are sometimes cast aside...
Though they hail from around the globe, the recruits were drawn by Harvard’s reputation in the classroom and on the courts...
...very imperfect system. You can call it being caught between a rock and a hard place,” Gordon said. “We have to offer good teaching to undergraduates…[but] there’s a lot of pressure to put graduate students in the classroom [as section leaders...