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...article, The Boston Globe reported that, in light of a spring McKinsey & Co. study at the school, HLS is ready to address issues that students and faculty have complained about for years: large class size, inaccessible professors, a stringent grade policy and general student unhappiness...
Warren heads up the Institutional Life Committee at HLS, which was responsible for commissioning the McKinsey firm last spring to pinpoint areas of concern...
After conducting a series of surveys, interviews and meetings at HLS, the McKinsey firm issued a report suggesting a series of improvements, mainly in the areas of class size, grading policy and the student-to-faculty ratio...
...general feeling about the McKinsey report is that students have been saying these things for years," said Susan Lee '96, a first-year student at HLS. "The issues raised in the report aren't new things, but because of the report maybe now there is a better chance that [HLS] is going to do something about them...
However justified, the lengthy process is not attractive to many Harvard students who want to hit the ground running--whether it is for a summer internship or a permanent job. With promises of international travel and lucrative compensation, the likes of Goldman Sachs and McKinsey overshadow the CIA in terms of commercial appeal. Two things that the CIA relied on to stay competitive--the recruit's commitment to public service and ambition to impact the world--are eroding fast as disillusionment with the recruiting process fills the void...