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...Patricia O’Brien—the student-friendly age of yesteryear came to an abrupt close. Indeed, without Summers many important projects, from the Pub and the Lamont café to the renovations of Dunster and Mather dining halls, would never have happened. Investing in the student experience??including academic advising, which despite recent initiatives remains very weak—must continue to be a priority, and it will only be so if Smith embraces it.Dean-designate Smith will also be in charge of the ongoing faculty expansion, and will play a key role in apportioning...
...Unlike some universities, which open full-time graduate schools in other countries, Harvard’s centers abroad make no attempt to replicate the Cambridge experience??neither its facilities, faculty, nor students. Instead of offering Harvard courses, the University’s international outposts focus on faculty research, the facilitation of undergraduate study abroad, and post-graduate studies...
...task force releases its preliminary report, which rejects the distribution requirement suggested by previous reports and instead suggests that students be required to complete approved courses in specific “areas of inquiry and experience?? and “critical skills...
...contained a “vignette” emphasizing that the medical school would insist on “evidence-based” approaches to medical education. Doctors call medical therapies “evidence-based” only if clinical trials–as opposed to mere anecdotal experience??have suggested that the therapies are effective. The medical school wants to establish a new Center for Evaluation to apply the academic gold standard to medical education techniques. “To ensure that curriculum reform is not a faith-based initiative,” the vignette continues...
John Adams Lecture: “The Machine in the Garden: Rethinking the Musical Experience?? Paine Hall...