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No Harvard administrator has been able to justify the four-year Expos rule; some agree that it's destructive to the department. Many teachers say that as soon as they enter the program, they must prepare to leave. Teachers agree that it takes years to adjust to the format and...
The administration has structures in place to oversee Expository Writing; its paralysis, then, is inexcusable. The standing faculty committee on Expos meets only once a year for about 90 minutes to hear--and rarely dispute or investigate--a presentation from Marius and Associate Director Nancy Sommers. Deans of Undergraduate Education...
Harvard knows about the problems with Expos; it needs, for once, to address them. For starters, Richard Marius--who has hinted that his days at Expos are numbered--should leave the department for good. The four-year rule should disappear swiftly with him.
Addressing the next challenge is harder, but equally necessary: It is to assure students and faculty members that Expos is not an afterthought, but an integral part of undergraduate education at Harvard. As the Faculty prepares for its billion-dollar fundraising effort, it should include Expos more completely than it...
The Expos program's emphasis on one-on-one conferences and extensive revisions offers the kind of intensive, personal educational experience most students crave. Unlike most of the University's programs, it exists wholly for undergraduates, and wholly for the purpose of teaching. Such a valuable program should not be...