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...Summers’ resignation under fire made national headlines and riveted the faculty, the Gazette conspicuously ignored the furor. Only a reference to “a difficult and sometimes wrenching” year in a Feb. 21 article about Summers’ resignation—quoting a letter from the Fellows of the Corporation—suggested that the president’s exit may have been less than graceful. In that story, The Gazette reported: “Since his appointment five years ago, Summers has spurred attention to renewing the undergraduate experience, guided the launch of innovative...
...extent to which corporate culture and associated sensibilities seem to have permeated Harvard, from the highest University offices to the quietest freshman dorms. Four years here has brought a lot of positive change for me, but there have been some unwelcome introductions. Before Harvard, I had never received a letter grade in a class. I had no idea what a hedge fund was, what consultants did, or that people actually aspired to be investment bankers. (I only knew that being a banker earned you the most cash in “Oregon Trail” but that you got docked...
...annual letter to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby wrote, “Through curricular review and renewal, we have recommitted ourselves to our students—for whom, after all, our College and University exist.” Yet over the past year, the priorities of the Faculty have appeared to diverge from those of its outgoing dean. The Faculty has addressed few of the critical problems facing undergraduate education in any meaningful way, including those of curricular reform and the need for better teaching. Instead, it spent much...
...conflict of dissonance—the fact that I was getting into Harvard was so unreal,” she says. “I was reading the letter and expecting to read ‘We hope you can apply again next year...
...like the one enunciated in the report of the Committee on General Education into multiple, concrete pedagogical practices. Once the principles are in place, what incentives do you provide to stimulate the creation of new courses, and how do you ensure that those new courses comply with both the letter and the spirit of the new curricular aspirations...