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Gomes added that the proponents of calendar reform—who include Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby—have not articulated a sufficient need for revisions even considering the ongoing curricular review...
...Many a curricular ship has foundered on the shoals of calendar reform,” Gomes said. “The chief argument cannot be that change is good, but that seems to be what’s driving this...
Associate Dean of the College Jeffrey Wolcowitz, who is one of the leaders of the curricular review, said last week that the synchronization would make it easier for professors at schools like the Law School or the Medical School to teach College classes...
From the start, administrators have repeatedly likened this review to the curricular overhauls conducted in the 1940s under then-University President James Bryant Conant ’14 and in 1978 under former Dean of the Faculty Henry A. Rosovsky. But these comparisons are disingenuous at best. Conant’s revolutionary review essentially invented the idea of general education, the basis for core curricula nationwide; its 1945 report, the Redbook, sold 40,000 copies in a few years. Rosovsky’s review reinvigorated the faculty—still reeling from the culture shocks of the 1960s?...
...committee—composed of 13 professors and five students—recommends that the month of January be left free of standard curricular requirements. And the decision to hold a formal January term, often called a J-term, or stay on vacation would be “left up to each school,” Martin said...