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...Prof. Louis Menand could be any Cold War figure, he’d like to be one of the French New Wave film directors. (“Hey, Prof. Louis Menand...
...chairs of the task force—Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons, who are both members of the council—spoke with the council about progress the task force has made in reforming the report...
...Menand and Simmons are expected to send a letter to the Faculty before next week’s meeting. The letter will include an update on the progress that the task force has made and will mention changes that have been suggested, according to Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, a council member...
...knowledge—with a program focused on subject matter. Over a dozen professors spoke—some endorsed the proposal, while others rose to criticize its rationale and the five broad areas of inquiry it would create. Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand, the other co-chair of the general education committee, characterized the overall faculty reception as positive. “There’s clarity and enthusiasm for this option,” Menand said of the subject-matter model. Simmons said she expected further discussion of that rationale between...
...revisions, according to Nowski. The Undergraduate Council (UC), which appoints the students who serve on the CUE, held a town hall meeting at the end of last month on the general-education report with task force co-chairs Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons. The meeting gave council members and undergraduates the opportunity to share their views and ask questions of the co-chairs. The preliminary report established the “idea that general education is meant to tie what we learn at Harvard to our lives after...