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...likened the task of reforming the curriculum to that of “moving a cemetery.” Summers would be hard-pressed to disagree with that.Bok, who oversaw the appointment of Core founding father and former Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky, again faces the specter of curricular reform three decades after his first go-round. Bok has already said that he plans only to preside over faculty discussions and listen rather than give his own views. “He’s only here for the interim.” Vagts says. “He?...
...from his hosting study breaks in the Houses, to his work to increase student faculty interaction, to his appearance at a Pub Night this past fall,” Corker says. More to the point, many of the initiatives Summers pursued as president—from the Curricular Review to his emphasis on faculty-student contact—were directly related to the undergraduate experience. In the words of Assistant Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd, “President Summers was very, very supportive of the college and of undergraduate life.”But with the exception...
...important decisions so they can be discussed at length by faculty members with already busy schedules—and that is assuming that the faculty agree with administration decisions. Inevitable disagreement will stifle necessary change in some crucial areas as has been the case with the FAS-controlled College curricular review, which has proceeded for three and a half years without a single vote...
...administrative centralization, many critics are troubled by Summers’ tendency to carry top-down management into what professors see as their domain. The first Harvard president to review the tenure process instead of rubber stamping recommendations, Summers has also been accused of forcing his vision onto the curricular review and using a seemingly endless string of resignations and appointments to gain greater control over academic decision-making. To some, the distinction is simple: centralization is fine for administrative odds and ends, so long as the president’s office stays out of the educating business. Bureaucrats are really...
...House lists, and they hopped online and blogged.In the fallout of the Summers resignation, it is crucial that students continue to keep afoot of campus happenings. Harvard stands at a critical moment in its history: as the University braces to choose a new leader, and as the Harvard College Curricular Review lies fallow, students should seek an active role in both processes by staying informed on developments and voicing their opinions. And if the past week is any evidence, the student body has largely taken the opportunity to do this, with rapidly flowing blog posts, e-mail list missives, letters...