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...report on compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs): I own two hybrid vehicles and am as green as anyone, but I don't encourage rushing out to replace incandescent lightbulbs. A CFL may consume 75% less energy to generate the equivalent light, but my furnace has to make up for the heat no longer provided by the incandescent bulb. Since there are also disposal issues (CFLs contain mercury), I suggest that CFLs be used only in the refrigerator...
...topic of discussion at last week’s meeting was the recently-released Compact on Teaching and Learning at Harvard. The report acknowledged Harvard’s vast pedagogical shortcomings bluntly, writing that with regard to teaching at Harvard “the gap between precept and practice may be especially worrisome.” Framed as a compact between students and teachers, the report offered 18 concrete recommendations. These included adjusting compensation for teaching quality, increasing the importance of teaching in decisions regarding promotions, and providing feedback to professors through peer evaluation and mandatory CUE evaluations...
...their absence by the fact that no binding votes were cast—but the same was true of the well-attended meetings where the general education report was discussed. Others have said that the low attendance was implicit criticism. Indeed, some professors present at the meeting criticized the compact for focusing too much on the faculty and not enough on students’ responsibility for their own learning. Yet while their concerns are legitimate—and the compact’s authors agree that student behavior must also be addressed—any disagreement professors have with...
Finally, a long-term goal of REP is to encourage life-long sustainable habits in Harvard students. A large-scale light-bulb swap is currently underway to have students switch from traditional bulbs to compact fluorescent lights...
...This fall, a Resource Efficiency Program (REP) initiative to encourage students to exchange incandescent bulbs for more environmentally friendly compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) was almost too successful. Students flocked to exchange their gauche bulbs for the trendier CFLs, leaving REP sitting on thousands of the old-fashioned ones. Obviously, a program dedicated to resource efficiency couldn’t hide the stack behind the trash like the rest of us. What...