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Isn’t Harvard a wonderful place? We have waffles with alma mater seals, Professor Sandel, gates that invite you to “grow in wisdom,” and, of course, a deep commitment to equal opportunity. That last ideal, in particular, permeates every aspect of campus...
Grading these kinds of assignments, needless to say, can get pretty blurry—and the 1-3 page response papers due every week are conveniently evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
Arthur T. von Mehren ’42, a trailblazer in the study of international law who taught at Harvard for nearly half a century, died of pneumonia on Jan. 16. He was 83. “He was essentially a Harvard lifer,” said his son Peter...
With the average grade at Harvard rising for the third consecutive year, Harvey C. “C-Minus” Mansfield ’53 is adding a few more A’s to the mix of marks in his notoriously difficult courses.The Kenan professor of government has...
We’ve all been there before—gleefully typing away in the comments section of the CUE guide, relating in excruciating detail how painful the professor’s lectures were, how incoherent the problem sets, and how ludicrously cruel the grading policy. Sweet, sweet catharsis. But...