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With the recent issuing of the Harvard College curricular review report, the second and most important stage of the College’s first review in three decades has begun. Many potential changes to the curriculum are on the table; in the next year, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will debate and eventually vote on any and all of them. FAS is required to consider and approve curricular changes—and yet as students, directly affected by whatever changes come to the curriculum, we lack anything approaching this power. Our opinion has been consulted—indeed...
...curricular review to be a true success, the student body as a whole must be included in the process. In the end, students must feel ownership over the new curriculum, feel that Harvard is truly ours. This is crucial for two reasons. First, as with any product, the best way to improve Harvard’s education is to ask the customer—in this case, students. Secondly, even the best curricular legislation alone will not lead to a successful curriculum: students need to support any changes for them to be integrated smoothly. Indeed, many prominent problems...
...curricular review process has thus far lacked transparency. Eight student representatives have not been enough for the entire student body to feel involved. One year ago, the administration convened four working groups, consisting of Faculty, administrators and students, which were charged with rewriting Harvard’s curriculum. The members of the group were expected not to openly discuss the proposals of their groups until the final report was issued at the end of last month. While this allowed for a controlled and uninterrupted process, the review did not benefit from the two major advantages of widespread student input?...
...move never before undertaken at Harvard, nor to our knowledge at any other college, Undergraduates Reclaiming Our Curriculum (UROC) has been formed to ensure students are invested to the same degree as the Faculty and administration while evaluating curricular changes during the coming years. UROC is a broad-based coalition, including curricular review representatives and leaders of the Black Men’s Forum; the Association of Black Harvard Women; Fuerza Latina; the Asian American Association; the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance; the Harvard College Democrats; Citystep; the Committee on Undergraduate Education; and the Undergraduate Council. UROC pledges...
Joseph K. Green ’05, a social studies concentrator in Kirkland House, was a member of the Harvard College Curricular Review’s pedagogy committee. He is also the co-founder of Undergraduates Reclaiming Our Curriculum...