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...author Rep. Rahm Emanuel is a liberal congressman from Ill., but more importantly, he is the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee??the main organization behind all Democratic campaigns in the midterm elections. The other author, Bruce Reed, is president of the Democratic Leadership Council, a think-tank that’s held sway over the Dems since Clinton took office...
...town-hall meeting for members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), professors questioned some of a University-wide committee??s recommendations—particularly the establishment of a central body empowered to make appointments across the University. Several Faculty members also criticized the report for focusing too much on the life sciences, too little on “pure science,” and too much on moving the University’s most cutting-edge research to the new Allston campus...
...educated in the 21st century. On the whole, the document advances a sound underpinning philosophy for general education: that all Harvard College graduates should be knowledgeable about the seminal issues that face their generation. Yet members of the Harvard community have voiced concerns about the particulars of the committee??s proposal, most notably the balance of the 10 required fields, which we believe requires further examination.The report is bold, visionary, and innovative, particularly compared to the last general education report, which conspicuously lacked any fundamental rationale. Whereas the previous report required students to take any three courses...
...advisory boards. And in particular, she emphasized, the student board “will be an invaluable source of information for the sub-committees of the Advising and Counseling committee.” While community fellows and the Student Advisory Board’s peer advising sub-committee??which will be made up of PAFs—will continue to “tweak the present program,” this year’s big advising questions “come out of the faculty legislation on the shift in the time of concentration choice...
Nevertheless, the committee??s preliminary report, which would require students to take courses on religion and U.S. history as part of a new set of 10 mandatory areas of study, started making waves across the nation yesterday. In an evening dispatch, The Associated Press called the task force’s recommendations “surprisingly bold.” And The Wall Street Journal gave prominent treatment to news of the proposal on its website...