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Only students in the joint J.D.-M.B.A. program are allowed to take first-year courses in both schools. Yet this program is really a mechanism for saving tuition and time in obtaining two graduate degrees, rather than a real interdisciplinary exercise. Students must gain admission separately to HLS and HBS, which then offer no special set of truly joint courses for the J.D.-M.B.A. program...
...critical constraints on joint courses is the different approaches to course materials in the two schools. HBS focuses primarily on case studies, though some HBS case studies have notes attached and some HBS courses assign supplemental readings. The advanced courses at HLS use more textual material as well as judicial opinions and statutes. While case studies provide very helpful insights into the application of substantive principles, it is quite difficult to infer those principles from case studies in technical areas like accounting...
There is surprisingly little interdisciplinary research between the faculties of HLS and HBS, with the notable exception of a recent seminar on corporate governance. This is a shame because there are many other areas where interdisciplinary research would be fruitful, such as international finance. Among the causes is the incorrect assumption by many HLS professors that their HBS counterparts would not be willing to discuss normative policy issues—for example, what the rules of the business world should...
...there currently any faculty members with appointments in both HLS and HBS. Indeed, there are very few faculty members who have ever taught courses in both schools, although a few HBS professors may be in residence at HLS during the 2004-2005 academic year. Some younger professors have been discouraged, in terms of tenure possibilities, from teaching courses across the river. To counter this parochialism, Harvard University needs to provide faculty members with concrete incentives to engage in interdisciplinary research and teaching...
...Establish the same calendar at HLS and HBS for the academic year and the weekly scheduling of classroom hours...