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There are two versions of Harvard that the current Harvard is trying to reconcile. One Harvard is the Old Harvard. The Old Harvard was good. It was the Harvard of the Core Curriculum, exams after winter break, incredible prestige, great wealth, and easy spending. Sure, it had its problems, but the Old Harvard was in no rush to fix them...
...example, rather than expediting the process by which undergrads can enroll in Gen Ed classes, Harvard has stifled it. Since not all Core courses count for Gen Ed, many current sophomores took Core classes last year that may not count toward Gen Ed requirements. Harvard should have automatically approved Core classes for Gen Ed. Doing so would have increased the number of students fulfilling the new requirements, which we are moving to precisely because Harvard believes they are better. All Gen Ed classes count for Core credit, and it should work the other way, as well. Additionally, Harvard students need...
...improve the current academic experience in this tough financial climate, Harvard should act on low-cost plans and tap into currently underutilized resources. For instance, the unified schedule was supposed to make cross-registration between the various graduate schools easier. Harvard should encourage this sort of activity with improved academic advising on cross-registration and expanded opportunities for it. Additionally, faculty hiring is frozen, and many professors are taking early retirement or have left for Washington. Thus, professors should be expected to teach more classes to soften the blow from lost courses, like the Economics Department’s junior...
Will I ever be on campus for J-term? When will terminated course offerings be restored? The current Harvard administration has failed to answer these questions. Although I applaud Harvard’s efforts to maintain its stellar financial aid throughout these difficult times, I have to wonder: Will we ever get to New Harvard...
Subject: government, current affairs...