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Students for a Humane And Responsible Economics (SHARE) posted the petition on the Web to support Barker Professor of Economics Stephen A. Marglin’s proposal for an alternative to the first semester of the popular Core, colloquially known as “Ec 10.” The...
“We tried to put the emphasis on the future and what this group of kids is going to do for us in the next four weeks,” added Harvard coach Katey Stone.
According to Feinstein, Harvard “could be Duke tomorrow” if it decided to place a greater emphasis on its competitiveness in Division I basketball. But that’s a trade-off Harvard is rightfully unwilling to make, he said.
“Because of the emphasis at Harvard, it is necessary to have a senior professor in a field to give muscle to a discipline—you need a senior person,” he says.
The practical institutional reactions to this trend away from limited regional studies have been an emphasis on centers and institutes—such as CMES—separate from mainstream undergraduate curricula.