Word: curricular
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...though imperfect—space for student organizations. The whole College community, meanwhile, will profit from improved and expanded central resources in the Yard. And while there may well be something rotten in the state of things at Harvard—high-profile resignations and a stalled curricular review spring to mind—it’s important not to overlook the (small) victories for student life that too easily get lost in the ether. The College’s plans to renovate Hilles and reallocate student space in the Yard are promising, indeed...
...income students, leading the Ivy League and other elite universities to slash expected parental contributions and make up the difference in scholarships and grants, an initiative I have seen succeed first-hand as an alumni interviewer for Harvard. Further, it was during Summers’ tenure that the expansive curricular review began, a much needed initiative to strengthen scientific literacy among undergraduates, simplify and update distribution requirements, and encourage study abroad, all initiatives that will continue to make Harvard a leader in undergraduate education. Finally, Summers guided Harvard through the delicate but crucial expansion into Allston that will allow Harvard...
Kirby’s legacy will not be one of a visionary or one of steady progress. Instead, despite his occasional successes, such as the growth of the Faculty and FAS construction projects, and his visible failures—the shaky oversight of the curricular review, his haplessness in the face of Faculty unrest—he will most likely be remembered as a necessary sacrifice whose departure precipitated the final undoing of Larry Summers...
When I first met Kirby as a freshman reporter at The Crimson, University Hall was a very different place, and Kirby—then in his second year as dean—seemed energetic and enthusiastic. But as the curricular review and the restructuring of University Hall went underway, Kirby seemed to close himself off from reporters, his tone marked by tight-lipped reticence, even weariness. The dean began to rely increasingly on FAS Director of Communications Robert Mitchell—who became a frequent fixture at interviews with high-level administrators—to provide reporters with packaged comments...
Kirby’s reserve—perhaps learned, perhaps forced, perhaps mistaken too often for spinelessness—not only frustrated reporters but also members of the Faculty, who looked to their dean to provide leadership during the curricular review and support as their conflict with the president escalated...