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...this manner, collegiality and individuality exist in tension, for the truly sovereign student does not need the input of his fellow classmates. Harvard, as a result, will tolerate but remain uncomfortable with an approach that emphasizes interdepenence, since collaborative efforts have as their logical prerequisite a common understanding or goal. Prefrosh and students are alike in this respect in that however long students remain on campus, a community of learning never coalesces around a shared pursuit...
Answering the question of “what makes a student educated?” without reference to specific content is a good way to ensure that academics do not serve as the basis of community. The modern university seems uncomfortable with the language of common pursuits. Instead, as the Gen Ed report will remind us, education is about my ability to respond to the changing world as I, not the community, sees...
...Harvard approach to student life is motivated by a strong individualism that enervates attempts to establish a community, since the idea of community requires that each of us not make college life “whatever you choose it to be” and instead identify a common end as worth pursuing, whether that’s in or outside of the classroom. It’s for this reason that college undergraduates are no wiser than prefrosh—spending time here doesn’t really tell each individual what Harvard life is all about. Instead...
Such a situation—where the University has funds but is unable to use them because of legal restrictions—has been a common problem in recent years, according to Dominguez...
Gann says Marvin creates common ground between current and former Holden Choirs participants. “When I talk to alumni, I know that we have this common background of having been a part of producing the same sound and that’s a pretty special historical connection,” he says. Draves voices a similar sentiment. “You meet these people and you’ve never seen them before in your life, but you instantly have something in common with them because you know so many of the same songs and when you sing...