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I am writing to respond to a recent editorial’s proposition that Harvard undergraduates would be well served if Expository Writing (Expos) were dismantled (“Eliminate Mandatory Expos,” Oct. 26). Although I recognize that no required course can possibly please everyone, I would...
First, the claim that Expos is “useless and boring” to students is not borne out by the evidence of considerable satisfaction among those who take the course. The program’s evaluations each semester repeatedly show students referencing and then refuting an urban myth...
The phenomenon stems in part from the disconnect that students can legitimately feel when they move from Expos to courses in their concentrations, where writing assignments in the disciplines place new demands on them. What counts for evidence in psychology, for example, is different from what counts for evidence in...
Expository writing at Harvard is broken. For many years, class after class of disgruntled students who have been forced to jump through the hoop that is Harvard’s mandatory freshman writing course have come to this conclusion. This week, a Crimson investigation revealed that students are not alone...
With the leadership turnover, it seems significant changes to Expos will have to wait. In the meantime, Expos’ shaky reputation among students persists.