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...truly want to make better choices," explains Yale economist Dean Karlan. He's a co-founder of stickK.com, where users make binding "commitment contracts" to forfeit money to friends or charities - or even "anti-charities" they despise - if they fail to quit smoking, lose weight or meet other goals they set for themselves. "But we need help to get us there...
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Stephanie H. Kenen said she was concerned that the number of categories will make students experience the program in “a very similar way” to the way they experienced the Core...
...Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68, who spoke to the Faculty before the final Gen Ed vote about his concern that students would not have enough room for electives, blamed the administrative upheaval during the curricular review for the number of categories, adding that there was a need for someone to “put limitations on the aggregate and shape it somehow...
Nearly four months after the anticipated debut of a comprehensive plan for House renovations, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds released the final Report on Harvard House Renewal yesterday afternoon in an e-mail to the College community. The report—a compilation of feedback from focus groups, five House Program Planning Subcommittees, and a college-wide survey that was initially scheduled to come out in December—provides an action plan for the next generation of House life and focuses specifically on the areas of academic, social, and residential space. “Our overarching goal...
...Charles Murphy and Secretary of Administration and Finance Leslie Kirwan stressed the need for budget cuts and budgetary redistribution, particularly in the health care sector, to ease economic strain in a panel discussion at the Kennedy School of Government last night. The panel also included Kennedy School Senior Associate Dean and Lecturer in Public Policy Peter B. Zimmerman. Murphy and Kirwan, who both play large roles in determining the state budget, emphasized that the recession will get worse before it gets better. “We are in the midst of a global economic shift,” said Murphy...