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Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan announced a finalized plan to transition current students to the new four-tiered pass/fail grading system yesterday. Under the transition scheme, first-year students will receive grades of “Honors,” “Pass,” “Low Pass,” and “Fail,” as stipulated by the new system in all their courses, starting this semester. Third-year students will finish their last year under the old system, which has nine categories spanning A+ to F. Second-year students...
...little bit of breadth and exposure” to energy and environment issues, he said. “We’re going to try to get these students together so that they’re not isolated in labs,” said Allan M. Brandt, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. “Students are eager to put things together beyond single perspectives.” The consortium—which will offer courses in energy consequences, policy, and technology next year—takes an interdisciplinary approach, reflecting the wide range of expertise...
...posters of Harvard Right to Life (HRL) were being subjected to “serious and persistent instances of vandalism” was cause for concern. We commend the College administration for its timely reaction—an e-mail sent to all students via House lists by Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd— but wish that the reminder had been a bit more nuanced. As veterans of the postering process, we are aware of just how difficult it is to determine whether a poster has been intentionally vandalized or simply buried under the detritus...
...enthusiastic first response—far more so than its optimistic proponents expected. Over 110 first-year students participated in a non-binding sign-up for the Public Service Initiative at a banquet earlier this month—50 percent over the targeted number, according to Law School Dean Elena Kagan. The graduating class of 2011 will be the first class eligible to have the full amount of third-year tuition waived under the program. “On one hand, it’s a little bit scary, but on the other hand, it’s very exciting...
...professor Maria Tatar’s popular Core class, Literature and Arts A-17: “Childhood: Its History, Philosophy, and Literature,” will fulfill either the Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding or Culture and Belief requirement—but not both at once, according to Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Stephanie H. Kenen. Finding science classes for popular consumption has been a challenge for decades, due to the difficulties departments face in tailoring technical offerings to non-concentrators. “The science categories present a real challenge,” said Dean of Undergraduate Education...