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...extraordinary students. Through words and deeds, he hammered home to every faculty member the obligations that come with that privilege. He showed his passion for undergraduate education by teaching freshman seminars and co-teaching one of the most popular courses in the College. His ill-fated attempt to guide curricular reform reflected his sincere desire to improve the College by fixing the Core Curriculum. Policies like abolishing tuition for those students from less privileged backgrounds furthered his ambitions for a stronger College. As we saw this week, many undergraduates saw his commitment to them and loved...
With the recently announced resignations of University President Lawrence H. Summers and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, it appears that the Harvard College Curricular Reivew might be in jeopardy. In the past few weeks, there have been calls for delay and even abandonment of the review’s recommendations, as if the curricular reports are the mandate of the central administration and derive no support outside of it.As the student member of the Educational Policy Committee (EPC), the group responsible for the recent set of proposed changes to the structure of concentrations, I would be very disheartened...
...times overzealous, the fervor with which Summers approached the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR) was a refreshing departure from years of stagnation. Some have accused him of overexerting his influence in the writing of the April 2004 report, but it is difficult to argue with its ultimate conclusions: the conversion of the Core Curriculum to an open system of distribution requirements, the development of broad foundational courses, and the facilitation of international study...
...resignation has lost him the support of his star backers. With a large minority of the Faculty vehemently opposed to Summers, his supporters reasoned that no reconciliation was possible. Without their support, Summers was forced to resign. As an end to a conflict which has distracted the Harvard College Curricular Review, Allston development, and a whole host of academic endeavors, Summers’ resignation was, objectively, the best decision for the University as a whole. But there is a flip side to the Summers coin. Though they are the traits that angered Faculty members the most, Summers’ strong...
...open letter to the Harvard community, Summers said divisions between him and the Faculty made it “infeasible” to advance his goals—namely, the completion of the undergraduate curricular review and the continuing campus expansion in Allston...