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...other Harvard is the New Harvard. The New Harvard hopes to achieve unified schedules that make cross-registration between the College and graduateschools easy, to host J-term on campus, and to initiate a more relevant General Education program. The New Harvard aims to enrich the overall experience of the diverse group of undergraduates it recruits through a remarkable financial aid program...
...from these growing pains is that progressing slowly—as they did in the Old Harvard—does have long-term negative effects. The slow shift from the Core Curriculum to the General Education program, the renovations of the Houses and Allston, and the failed implementation of J-term are all evidence of this fact. To improve the undergraduate experience in the future, Harvard must accelerate these sorts of initiatives...
Hysen said that the administration’s main concern regarding J-term housing is the assurance that students on campus are involved in legitimate and productive activities—as opposed to “just letting anyone who wants to go to one meeting a week” stick around...
...example, HUTV hopes to use J-term next year to produce and shoot a short film on campus—an opportunity for which all students can apply through a process that will ultimately select a 30-student team of producers, actors, and crew members, according to HUTV President Tiffany N. Fereydouni...
According to FAS Spokesman Jeff A. Neal, the administration is waiting on the completion of the winter break survey e-mailed to undergraduates by Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds in January before weighing in on any decisions regarding next year’s J-term...