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...right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy. ‘Easy’ doesn’t enter into grown-up life.” At this stage, no wiser words could be applied to the Harvard College Curricular Review.For the last four years, we have been searching for a guiding philosophy to succeed the Core. We’ve been looking for a liberal arts identity to fit the 21st century. The Preliminary Report of the Task Force on General Education suggested as much when it proposed...
...stress on connecting “what students learn at Harvard to life beyond Harvard” and the nebulous concept of “global citizenship” blend together to create a set of meaninglessly broad curricular areas. Furthermore, in noting that few Harvard undergraduates intend to pursue academic careers, the report argues that the Core’s “emphasis on the disciplines may be misplaced.” But Harvard is, for better or for worse, a liberal arts college and not a technical or pre-professional school. The suggestion that we should avoid...
Professors were also impressed with Granholm during her time at HLS. Weld Professor of Law Charles R. Nesson ’60 said that Granholm was as impressive in the classroom as she was in her extra-curricular pursuits...
...moving beyond it. These reservations should not be seen as a dismissal of the report, which has many excellent analyses and recommendations, but as a contribution to the discussion of where to go from here. Steven Pinker is Johnstone professor of psychology. He served on the Harvard College Curricular Review Committee on General Education that produced a previous general education report. This op-ed is adapted from remarks shared with the Task Force on General Education at a meeting with faculty...
...think it is too early to asses what the College has been doing,” Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 wrote in an e-mail. “Most of the seniors weren’t able to take advantage of the curricular changes, or the additions of social space, or the changes in advising...