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...also claimed that students are discouraged from taking departmental classes in their first year, but those are what my adviser advised me to take—classes to help me pick my concentration. She shifted my attention from core classes and encouraged me to shop courses in departments she thought might interest me. Although I cannot vouch for the entire freshman class, I can say that my adviser steered me in the right direction. But I agree with the idea of instituting a program connecting upperclassmen with freshman in terms of advising...
...obligations that come with that privilege. He showed his passion for undergraduate education by teaching freshman seminars and co-teaching one of the most popular courses in the College. His ill-fated attempt to guide curricular reform reflected his sincere desire to improve the College by fixing the Core Curriculum. Policies like abolishing tuition for those students from less privileged backgrounds furthered his ambitions for a stronger College. As we saw this week, many undergraduates saw his commitment to them and loved...
...fields of study, incoming students gravitate toward a default set of familiar courses and, in turn, concentrations. A freshman interested in both business and medical school may take Chemistry 5 and 7, Ec 10, and Math 1a and 1b her freshman year, barely leaving room for Core Curriculum and Expository Writing requirements, much less any real academic exploration. Without any experience outside of chemistry and economics, this student will have only two concentration options available to her, unless she risks declaring a concentration in a department with which she has not had any contact. She may not recognize until...
...currently working toward an HIV vaccine and other critical human health advances,” according to a statement released by HMS, as well as exploring health concerns of “non-human primates at the center and elsewhere, which is part of the center’s core mission.”PETA also accused the HMS lab of subjecting its animals to “stress stemming from confinement, boredom, loneliness, and the common practice of separating babies from their mothers” and claimed that “federal Animal Welfare Act violations,...painful and invasive...
Even as president, Summers has continued in his professorial tasks. He currently leads a weekly freshman seminar on globalization, and last year, he taught a Social Analysis Core course on the same topic...