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...result, Architectural Sciences had to go. Around Harvard, “pre-professional” seems like a bad word—God forbid the University might teach us something useful. But this aversion to all things potentially pre-professional prompted the imprudent removal of architecture from the undergraduate curriculum??never to return. With the curricular review ongoing, the time is right for Harvard administrators to reevaluate this glaring mistake...
...recently shown an increased openness to student opinion—now it is our turn to step up. University President Lawrence H. Summers and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby have spoken with the council about a range of student issues—from SpringFest to the Core curriculum??showing both that they are open to our opinion and that they see the council as the purveyor of it. But the council has been hampered in representing us because the administration has been bombarded by student opinion from all sides. We are much easier to write...
Brodhead acknowledged the mentality behind this statement echoed Brown’s educational philosophy. Brown is the Ivy League school known for its unique “open curriculum?? in which there are no general education requirements besides proficiency in a foreign language...
...suggested four committees, each of which would examine one aspect of the curriculum??concentrations, general education, teaching and undergraduate academic experience...
...rethinking of the entire undergraduate experience. It is only by fashioning the work of these various task forces into an overarching, coherent plan that this curricular review can improve the experience of students at Harvard. This review is an enormous undertaking, but with an uninhibited diagnosis of the curriculum??s past failings and a renewed dedication to revolutionary improvements, Harvard can once again be on the cutting edge of undergraduate education...