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...tough but tactful dean.” That constitutes a good description of Bill Kirby’s style, and it’s hard to imagine calling for the contrary. But I am more optimistic in my assessment of the fate of the curricular review. The debate and ultimate decisions on the review are the work of the faculty, not the administration. Many of the proposals, such as the creation of secondary fields, have considerable support and do not involve the commitment of new resources. Others, such as the formation of a more robust advising system, have costs that...
Pipet, paintbrush, or pen? Choosing a concentration is no easy task, especially freshman year, and the April 2004 report on the Harvard College Curricular Review suggested that the concentration choice deadline be pushed back to the middle of sophomore year in order to allow students to “sample more courses and fields” and “make better-informed choices.” There is much that is right in the curricular review, including suggestions to replace the Core Curriculum with distribution requirements and to implement broad foundational courses. But as faculty of the Department...
...Diana Sorensen, the Rothenberg professor of Romance languages and literatures, warned that the continuing administrative turnover under Summers may derail the curricular review...
...instability of your administration may paralyze the progress of the curricular review and might mire us in mistrust and, again, paralysis,” said Sorensen, who served on the Committee on General Education, which has played a central role in the review...
...final minutes of yesterday’s Faculty meeting, after no more professors requested to speak, a brief attempt was made to discuss the only item on the docket, which was the schedule of discussion of the curricular review and the recommendations of the Educational Policy Committee...