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...list of contenders for the deanship considered by Interim President Derek C. Bok last spring included former Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Dean Peter T. Ellison, Government Department Chair Nancy L. Rosenblum, and current GSAS Dean Theda Skocpol, according to two individuals close to the search process. Faust was also seriously considered by Bok at the time, the individuals said...
...Sciences (FAS), should be applauded for this innovative project, which will further the school’s mission to provide continuing education to the general public. But for courses offered in the other two schools of FAS—the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)—publicly available course videos would not be helpful, and would probably even be detrimental. Course material in these schools should be made more publicly accessible, but when it comes to course videos, we support the existing practice of FAS to limit College and GSAS course video access...
This is not to say, of course, that all courses offered to GSAS and College students should be the exclusive province of these closed communities. The mission of the Extension School—to provide higher education to a broad swath of the general public—is urgent and worthy enough to be shared by the entire University, at least through avenues that would not detract from the learning of other Harvard students. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, offers unlimited access to syllabi, handouts, and other non-sensitive course documents on its Web site. FAS should...
...challenges facing higher education today, and we strongly support Harvard’s efforts—and especially those of the Extension School—in this regard. This is one case, however, in which what is good for one school is far less desirable for another. College and GSAS courses should be more publicly accessible, but relaxing video access restrictions isn?...
...solution. All non-native English speaking graduate students—whether they anticipate teaching undergraduates or not—will now be screened for competency in reading and speaking English, according to a report released today by the committee. Skocpol, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), said yesterday that measures are in place to ensure quality of speaking and writing skills but that they have not been uniform or consistent. “It’s not that it doesn’t happen,” Skocpol said about instructing non-native speakers...