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After a number of vulnerable twilight years, the 30-year-old Core Curriculum is prepared at last to give way as the nucleus of all educational experiences at Harvard and be supplanted by the new General Education program beginning...
...Though “Cop in the Hood” is a work of sociology at its core, Moskos chooses to de-emphasize statistical methodology in favor of anecdotal evidence. It may make the book less scientific, but Moskos’ storytelling also makes it entertaining and valuable in its own right. He describes how dealers invent creative names for their wares, including “Red Tops,” “Body Bag,” and “Capone,” each one differentiating his product as if he were selling candy bars. Moskos...
...Dean of GSAS Allan M. Brandt said he agreed with the content of the report. “I have always been convinced that graduate education fundamentally serves the public good,” Brandt wrote in an e-mail. “This report draws attention to a core ideal in higher education; namely that graduate education serves the public good by creating new and more sophisticated knowledge, as well as the next generation of researchers, scholars, and teachers.” But serving the greater good may not necessarily be on the minds of current graduate students...
...than anticipated, delayed the deal by a month, Partners spokeswoman Petra Langer said. Over the past few years, officials in Mass. Hall and the office of Provost Steven E. Hyman have expressed concern that HMI’s activities no longer fully reflect the Medical School’s core missions of education and research, according to a Crimson report in February. The spin-off of the subsidiary was pushed through by central administrators—over the fierce objections of HMI’s founders—during the interregnum between former Medical School Dean Joseph B. Martin...
...Harris will invite Core committee members to join the Gen Ed team as part of distinct subcommittees charged with the same task as before—approving courses for Core credit...