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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...
...Committee on Ethnic Studies is considering an elongation of its name in an effort to recognize the diversity of its focus areas and to broaden its curricular scope in the future. Presented yesterday before the Faculty Council—the 18-member governing body of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—the proposed name change to “The Committee on the Study of Ethnicity, Migration, Indigeneity, and Human Rights” would address the numerous academic dimensions that may not be fully represented under the current title. “This new name will better reflect...
Professors say that when then-University President Summers officially launched the curricular review in 2002, he aspired to leave his mark on Harvard. “He 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...
...curricular review, however, set out to change more than just the curriculum. The Faculty also approved the creation of secondary fields, expanded the Advising and Freshman Seminar Programs, and transformed study abroad from a taboo practice to a full-fledged program that is common, encouraged, and well funded...
Menand remembered feeling excited when Bok invited 15 professors who helped guide the curricular review to a celebratory dinner in Loeb House. They celebrated the conclusion of the review process in the same building where Bok had chewed them out, a little over a year earlier. A string quartet played music. Menand presented Bok with a shirt that said, “BOK,” on the back and, “168-14-11” on the front—the final vote...