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There are two versions of Harvard that the current Harvard is trying to reconcile. One Harvard is the Old Harvard. The Old Harvard was good. It was the Harvard of the Core Curriculum, exams after winter break, incredible prestige, great wealth, and easy spending. Sure, it had its problems, but the Old Harvard was in no rush to fix them...
Walter said she also hopes classes will incorporate the space into their curriculum...
According to Kenan, the original policy was created when FAS was considering a different plan for Gen Ed that involved taking three courses in each of three areas—natural sciences, arts and humanities, and social sciences. Undergraduate curriculum planners did not want students to take three similar courses in one distribution category and then fulfill nearly all of the requirements for a secondary field with the same three courses...
...curriculum that was eventually adopted, which requires students to choose one course in each of eight different categories, rendered this policy moot, she wrote...
...initiatives are tackling such real-world issues as the commercial and social pressures that affect purchasing decisions. Why exactly do you want those expensive name-brand sneakers so badly? "It takes confidence to take a stand and to think differently," says Jeroo Billimoria, founder of Aflatoun, a nonprofit whose curriculum, used in more than 30 countries, aims to help kids get a leg up in their financial lives. "This goes beyond money and savings...