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...seven classes approved so far hail from the Foreign Cultures category. “Some people just assume Societies of the World is just another name for Foreign Cultures, and that’s not our approach at all,” Harris said. While courses in Foreign Cultures focus on a single region, the Societies of the World category will include a number of courses that span borders, according to Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Stephanie H. Kenen. Course development in the Societies of the World category has been slow: of the seven classes approved so far, only...
...greeted her audience as a class—yet the seats were filled not with students but with parents visiting for Freshman Parents’ Weekend. In her welcome remarks on Friday, Hammonds paralleled her first year as dean with the novel experiences of being a freshman. A primary focus of her address was increasing faculty-student involvement. “Working with an esteemed scholar is the type of learning we ought to be facilitating,” Hammonds said. Within this goal, she also discussed the range of research opportunities and jobs at Harvard that facilitate this kind...
...stop with an acrobatic block of a close range shot with seven minutes left in the period. “Our D zone was our bread and butter last year so we need to work on that,” Kessler said. “We need to keep focus on what we have...
...said. “So right now, we got a lot guys dinged up, very physical football game. We’re going to enjoy this for about six hours and then regroup tomorrow. But it’s just going to be one day at a time, complete focus on Penn, because Penn on the road is a very tough team to play.” —Staff writer Dixon McPhillips can be reached at fmcphill@fas.harvard.edu...
...Child Left Behind act, considered to be one of the first priorities in Congress come January. Down the road, he or she can also plan to direct the founding of hundreds of new charter schools and the spread of universal pre-K nationwide, as well as a continued focus on increased accountability and a better trained teacher corps...