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...partial timeline for the implementation of the new program. The committee that administers the Core is slated to be dissolved at the end of the coming academic year—but the legislation does not spell out when the Core itself will cease to exist.Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 said after yesterday’s meeting that undergraduates studying at Harvard during the transition period, excluding freshmen who enter the College after new requirements have been put in place, will be able to finish under either of the curricular programs. Thus, all current undergraduates...
...monster of Harvard perennially sighted by those who recall the days of the “Gentleman’s C”—has yet again reared its head. In a letter to the Faculty of Arts and Science last week, Dean of Harvard College Benedict H. Gross ’71 provided updated statistics that drew him to the conclusion that “grade compression continues to be a concern.” His evidence: Over half of the grades awarded to undergraduates were in the “A” range, a small...
...future of general education at Harvard. Several reports since the curricular review's inception in 2002 were greeted with uncertainty and even outright opposition from the Faculty. Along the way, two of Harvard's top administrators—Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby and University President Lawrence H. Summers—both resigned...
...pleading Undergraduate Council president to reject a new rule that will hold student leaders responsible before the Administrative Board if students suffer “serious harm” because of alcohol abuse at their parties. The rule will take effect this fall. Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Theda Skocpol urged their colleagues to require mandatory evaluations for all classes with at least five students. According to Gross, 95 percent of courses currently are evaluated, but, Skocpol said, course evaluation “is an instrument...
...student representatives—one from the UC’s Student Affairs Committee and one from the general student body—will join Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and University Health Services (UHS) Chief of Mental Health Richard D. Kadison as participants on the UHS-College committee, which UC Representative Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 described yesterday as “a team environment to come together and pool resources to improve health at Harvard...