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...Hoc Master Planing Selection Committee will vet potential architects for the Allston campus, according to member and former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles...
...mother—might have said the same of me: “It’s weird how much it mattered to them.” At Harvard, we tend to be hyperaware of anything that might cause offense; House lists and dining halls become ad hoc forums for debate. After spending time at Harvard, I am inclined to be sanctimonious. But watching the cheerleaders bouncing from foot to foot, intent on the game, I realized that my quest to foist The Feminine Mystique upon them was not only quixotic but also, and far worse, patronizing. Their decorating...
Members of the present film studies committee—whose membership is distinct from that of the FAS ad hoc film studies committee, which publishes an annual guide to film studies at Harvard—stress that the proposal is still in a preliminary stage and many of the specifics of the planned concentration have yet to be determined...
...research that leaves an indelible impact on policy, intellectual progress and subsequent research in myriad fields. Despite its prestige, leadership and pioneering research, however, the faculty are selected through a process that remains uncharacteristically substandard. Tenure for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is currently determined by Ad Hoc committees that base their decision in part on blind letters which ask professors in a field to rank a list of potential candidates—without specifying who is under serious consideration...
...continues to paint the prospect of an undergraduate campus in Allston as mere speculation, the fact that it remains on the table as a possibility means that current undergraduates should take a keen interest in developments across the River. While recent developments such as the creation of several ad-hoc student-faculty committees shows that the administration is at least trying to consult students, it has yet to be seen if these committees will be listened to and their recommendations made into visible change. Until then, students should not be surprised to read about more bombshells, such as the recent...