Word: fas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last week, a committee of two undergraduates and six professors released a "Working Paper" outlining changes to the Core curriculum they recommend the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) enact...
...should add that the same students came to me in week two complaining about their teaching fellow. They commented that the person had clearly not attended lectures (a definite violation of FAS policy) and came to section poorly prepared to teach. They requested immediate section changes, but the head teaching fellow did not grant them and seems to have done little to improve the situation in their section in the subsequent weeks...
...than simply refer him to the Guide, though, I'd like to respond to some of Mr. Berger's particular concerns. First, the membership of the Board (pages four-to-five of the Guide) includes all senior tutors and assistant deans of freshmen; several deans of the College and FAS; the registrar and the directors of the Core program and the Bureau of Study Counsel; and (currently) a total of three senior members of the Faculty. Second, the great majority of cases of abuse of alcohol or other drugs that come to the Board also involve other related incidents (such...
Recently the College has attempted to work with PBHA on the hiring of a "PBHA Development Coordinator," who would be a University employee dedicated to working on behalf of PBHA. Bypassing review by Dean Kidd and the FAS Personnel Office, the current PBHA President sent a letter, on PBHA letterhead which also says "Harvard University" in bold letters, to "Friends of PBHA." The letter states that PBHA is "looking for someone relatively young...." This statement of blatantly illegal age discrimination puts the University in a very difficult position in dealing with applicants and potentially also with the Office of Civil...
Dean of the FAS Jeremy R. Knowles also says that the effort to raise the money will continue, though he suggests that as the Campaign comes closer to its end, the College will begin looking for more flexible gifts and it can put money where it is needed...