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The council also gave its approval to a change in academic requirements, advocated by Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68, that would bring standards for first-years in line with those for upperclass students.
“The Board felt that it would in general be better for someone who could not meet the ordinary minimum requirements to take a year away from Harvard to get focused and re-energized before trying Harvard coursework again,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail...
According to the proposal Lewis submitted to the Faculty Council, only eight students over the past two academic years have fallen in the range that is acceptable for those in their first term, but unacceptable for others. Of those, six either failed to meet requirements in their spring term or...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 wrote in an e-mail that while he expected some professors and students might have trouble getting to Harvard, “since almost all College students are in residence, it makes sense to carry on operations and classes...
Lewis wrote that the blizzard of 1978—which was blamed for 73 deaths and $500 million in damages in Massachusetts alone—presented far more dangerous conditions than yesterday and today’s snowfall.