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...week later, the College announced that it would fund the new board with $200,000 for the next academic year. With elected representatives dedicated solely to social programming and a close relationship with the College dean’s office, we expect that the new board will function far more efficiently than its predecessor, the UC’s Campus Life Committee (CLC), did. Notably missing, however, from the CEB’s mission is a commitment to provide logistical support and advice to students who wish to plan their own social events. We expect the board and its members...
Ryan hails Ulrich’s leadership as a “very significant change” and a return “to the original function of the Faculty Council as it was established...
...certain amount of risk here that cannot be underestimated. Some students find co-taught courses stimulating, but others find them confusing. For the moment, the courses are proposed as optional rather than mandatory. We need to see what kinds of courses are proposed and how well they function within the rest of the undergraduate curriculum. Still, in the best of circumstances, we might ultimately require that every student take an interdisciplinary course. We need to think carefully about how these courses will be structured, what topics they might cover, and whether team teaching is invariably a good thing...
...Saris notes that the Board’s main function is to exercise visitation of Harvard’s schools and departments, evaluating the programs and recommending changes...
...real function of the Board of Overseers is to stimulate and watch the President and Fellows,” said Eliot, Class of 1853. “The Overseers should always hold towards the Corporation an attitude of suspicious vigilance. They ought always to be pushing and prying...