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...Students are not the only ones to have questioned the propriety of the EPC. Since its establishment in 1992 by Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Jeremy R. Knowles, the EPC??which was never ratified by the Faculty—has drawn criticism for the power that it commands despite its murky status relative to the rest of the FAS’s governance structures...
...appointed committee and it’s very powerful,” says Lewis, recalling the EPC??s first charge—a review of undergraduate concentrations. Lewis said he had never felt comfortable that the EPC reviewed concentrations without the authority of the Faculty behind...
Given the history of bureaucratic committees at Harvard, the EPC??s achievement is quite remarkable. Their efficient and effective work should serve as a paradigm for the implementation of the rest of the Curricular Review and other curricular improvements in the future...
...left students in the dark about what courses to shop, what seminars to apply for, and how generally to structure their academic futures. Many students have scrambled to individual departments to investigate what requirements may potentially be put in place. But the EPC??s vague guidance as to what might constitute an approvable secondary field has made it tough for departments to publicize their intended requirements with confidence. Unable to post anything on their websites, departments are left to field phone calls from students who can only receive vague and provisional advice. We hope the EPC will consider...
...eager” to advance the review.On March 14, the full Faculty will meet in University Hall to review the recommendations of the curricular review’s Educational Policy Committee (EPC).“We will...be resuming our discussion of the EPC??s proposals to change the date of concentration choice and to establish optional secondary fields,” Berkman Professor of Psychology and Council member Elizabeth S. Spelke wrote in an e-mail.Ulrich said the review is progressing at a “grassroots level now” and that individual professors need to develop...