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...other candidates, two of whom were nominated by petition. Professor Margaret Levi, a professor of international studies at the University of Washington, and Mark D. Gearan ’78, the president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, were nominated by the Harvard Alumni Association, and lawyers Robert L. Freedman ’62 and Harvey A. Silverglate ’67—who informally ran together—were nominated by petition...
...Silverglate stressed the importance of reforming Harvard College’s Administrative Board, which he called “the worst” disciplinary body in the country. Freedman, who is more focused on the curriculum, argued that Harvard should implement an optional great books program in spite of the financial crisis...
...curriculum doesn’t teach the important stuff. In fact, to me, there’s no curriculum,” Freedman said. “I think [students] need grounding in the basics, and I don’t think they get it anymore...
Filling out the 2009 ballot are Photeine M. Anagnostopoulos ’81, Joshua S. Boger, Morgan Chu, Mark D. Gearan ’78, Margaret A. Levi, Cristian Samper K., and Robert L. Freedman...
...expect a federal bailout of boomers, because delayed retirement is seen as a good thing by many policy analysts. "If people continue to work between two and four years longer, they will be better off financially and as a country we will be better of fiscally," says Marc Freedman, CEO of Civic Ventures, a think tank focused on aging. A November study from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) titled "Why Baby Boomers Will Need to Work Longer" finds that having a workforce that continues a few years beyond the traditional retirement age is the only way for boomers to prevent...