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...mail, Petersen said that Theda Skocpol, outgoing dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, had proposed an amendment that would prevent students from being voting members of committees that will implement the new general education curriculum. But Skocpol called Petersen’s interpretation a misunderstanding, and later amended the wording of her proposal to make it clear that students would, indeed, have a vote...
...Despite the consequences of decisions regarding de-Ba'athification or disbanding of the army, and the inability to use the billions of dollars at our disposal to implement a political strategy that might have succeeded, not much was done to change course. The National Security Council was created in 1947 to force important policy decisions to be fully discussed, developed, and decided on. In this case, however, the NSC did not fulfill its role. The NSC avoided slamming on the brakes to force the discussions with the Pentagon and everyone else that was required in the face of a deteriorating...
...political stability. “The critical impediment to sustained economic growth is in inadequate resources” said Mulu Ketsela, an executive director with the World Bank Group for 22 African countries. The discussion ranged from the influence of China in various African economies, to the need to implement new technologies such as satellite imagery to combat the widespread problem of power outages in South Africa. The event, co-hosted by the Kennedy School of Government Africa Caucus and the school’s Africa Policy Journal, focused on the economic needs of the continent and sought predictions about...
Exhaustion from four years of meetings and reports could prompt faculty to retreat into comfortably established classroom routines. Yet we must not presume that President-elect Drew G. Faust and her incoming deans can implement complex changes on their own. Genuine improvements in advising, course offerings, and pedagogy require ongoing faculty commitment. Each step of the way, faculty and administrators must articulate clear goals and plan wisely for how (and how not) to proceed. Here are some principles and caveats to keep in mind...
...favor of calendar reform grows, there is still one issue up for debate: whether Harvard should have a January term. But while such an inter-semester mini-term might be superficially appealing, we doubt that it could succeed in practice and hope the University does not try to implement a J-Term. In March 2004, the Committee on Calendar Reform, one of the curricular review committees, proposed a “4-1-4” schedule to align Harvard with most other colleges: The school year would start immediately after Labor Day and final exams would be given...