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Though not a “panacea to cure all our ills,” Dean of Undergraduate Education Benedict H. Gross ’71 says preregistration is worth a shot...
...wasn't supposed to be this way. When researchers published their first highly detailed analysis of the structure of a human rhinovirus back in 1985, it was easy to imagine that a cure for the common cold might soon be available. After all, once scientists discovered which molecular footholds rhinoviruses use to latch onto and infect human cells, it should not have been that hard to develop a drug that would block the linkage and cure a cold before it got started. Or so the thinking went. Unfortunately, the logistics, from both a biological and a business point of view...
...infected suffer few if any symptoms. For whatever reason, their bodies do not go overboard fending off a viral attack. That suggests to him that you ought to be able to stop the virus and damp down the immune system without causing any major side effects and that any cure has to consist of a combination of drugs...
Finally, there's an even bigger hurdle to consider. Let's suppose that researchers discover some sort of safe and effective cure for the common cold. Chances are you would have to get a doctor's prescription for it. When you consider that Americans suffer about 1 billion colds a year, the resulting demand could overwhelm the health-care system--which is why most cold experts believe that any cure will have to be safe enough to be sold over the counter...
Beyond teaching and hiring concerns, the OUE claims preregistration can cure a number of other academic woes, but these claims are unfounded. The first is improved undergraduate advising. The rushed, obligatory conversations just prior to Study Card day are poor excuses for the advice and guidance that ought to be integral to Harvard advising. But preregistration will not alter the nature of those uninspired meetings; it will only shift them earlier—to times that are even more inconvenient for undergraduates. Under the proposal’s current time-table, the new study card signings will occur...