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...taking that course.” The courses are designed to be neither broad surveys nor narrowly-focused courses, according to Tatar. The courses, a “hybrid” of these two extremes, are meant to cross boundaries between disciplines, she said. Rather than waiting for Curricular Review legislation to restructure general education requirements, Tatar said she wanted to develop widely accessible humanities courses geared toward underclassmen. “These will be courses that bridge between the Core and whatever we have when we have it,” Tatar said. Most of the courses...
...Last spring, when a leaked internal memo showed survey results pinning student dissatisfaction on the usual culprits—distant professors, a lagging social life, and a dearth of “community”—a full fleet of initiatives were already underway. The Harvard College Curricular Review, Loker Pub, Lamont Café, and the hiring of a Greek-scene expert to oversee House community have sought to make omelets of Harvard’s broken eggs.But talk about Harvard’s weaknesses can make for quite gloomy environs. The College, after all, does have...
...Educational Policy Committee authorizes these changes, history will be the first department to adjust its requirements so that students will be able to delay their concentration choice until the middle of sophomore year—even though the full Faculty has yet to approve this curricular review proposal...
...next fall, freshmen will receive academic advice from upperclassmen who will also fulfill the function of prefects, Associate Dean of Advising Programs Monique M. Rinere announced yesterday in a press release. The changes come at the forefront of an overhaul of the advising system as recommended in the ongoing curricular review. The peer advising fellows will receive a stipend of $1000 for the academic year, the press release said. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors can apply to be among the College’s first 180 peer advising fellows. The College administration has said it will fund the program from...
With undergraduate education a main focus for the Faculty this semester and next, Bok’s faculty committee includes several professors who have spearheaded the curricular review...