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...little deeper and you’ll find that Harvard hesitates to say explicitly that such a common bond unites us. Undergraduates’ latest institutionally-sanctioned educational philosophy comes from the Report of the Task Force on General Education. The task force’s framing of its new set of requirements fall well short of a claim to excellence. “The general education curriculum,” the authors admonish, “does not pretend to constitute a comprehensive guide to everything that an educated person should know. There is simply too much information...
...task force’s modesty concerning anything an educated person should know prevents it from establishing any sort of educational standard. If you were to read through the rest of the Gen Ed report, you’d find that the task force never does get around to saying whether there is any specific content whatsoever that an educated person should know. Officially, Harvard will not even broach the topic of whether specific information is necessary for education, let alone declare in what way excellence comes from academic study. In general, the language of this report centers...
Marvin possesses a rare combination of natural leadership skills and musical dedication. In his social and musical legacy, he has set a precedent that will not be easy to maintain. The college has organized a search committee to find a new director, but they have yet to reach a decision...
Despite her apprehension after this experience, for her first production at Harvard she managed to find a vibrant community. “One project just popped up one after the other,” Holding says. “I realized that the artists at Harvard are incredibly engaged, constantly working, and always motivated,” she continued. As she performed on Harvard’s many stages, her hesitancy for theater disappeared. “It seems like I’ve slowly come around full circle,” she says...
Summer is coming up, which means two things: it’s time to find the best spots to fix that unnatural pallor you’ve gotten from spending your days indoors and it’s time to find ice cream to counter the soon-to-be searing Cambridge heat...