Word: curricular
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Professors say that when then-University President Summers officially launched the curricular review in 2002, he aspired to leave his mark on Harvard...
...wanted something that would be a legacy for him...that would really look like he had put his stamp on it,” said former Government Professor Lisa L. Martin, who worked with Summers on the original Curricular Review Steering Committee in 2003-2004 and now teaches at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “I think that was really important...
Professors said that even toward the beginning, the curricular review was slowed by a lack of compromise, as professors wanted to make sure that there was a place for them...
...major in English, but was unable to complete the requirements in time for graduation. He returned to his original music concentration so late in his career that he claims he was “probably the most pathetic music concentrator ever.” It was in his extra-curricular involvement with music that Gilbert found the freedom and flexibility he wanted. Describing the Harvard arts community as “magical” in its enthusiasm, Gilbert fondly recalled concerts that were “self-generated,” off-the-cuff performances organized entirely on the initiative...
...performance.“It’s too early to tell—to complain or endorse,” says Pecci.Some faculty question how some of the larger initiatives will even be implemented, considering the University’s dwindling financial resources.Bergmann, whose dance curricular programs have fortunately been spared the brunt of the widespread budget cuts, questions the feasibility of implementing the recommendations in the current economic climate.Stating that she has yet to see any progress on the major initiatives—such as creating a new concentration for the dramatic arts in the Faculty of Arts...