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After soliciting input from countless faculty members at HDS and across the University, Summers concluded that the time was ripe to reevaluate the mission and focus of a school that has changed dramatically since its last curricular review over 20 years...
Although he appointed Graham with a mandate to remake HDS, Summers had little interest in the school coming into his new job, according to Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes...
...HDS Dean of Academic Affairs David C. Lamberth—who is largely responsible for overseeing the curricular review—says Summers has allowed the Divinity School to handle its own review, as promised in his speech...
...review did not begin in earnest until Graham’s official appointment in August. And HDS professors and administrators note that it has been difficult to accomplish anything at a school that has seen three deans in four years...
...because the current degree curriculums require only that students take a given number of courses from each area, students can fulfill their requirements by taking “fringe” classes. The result is that those students graduate from HDS lacking a fundamental understanding of the areas themselves...