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...don’t have any aspirations for other colleges,” Menand said. “Our main interest was what was good for Harvard...
Like the Red Book, today’s report reflects the influence of recent global events. “I wouldn’t say we discussed 9/11 in the committee,” Menand said, but “I think most Americans think the event put into focus the relationship between the United States and the rest of the world in a way people hadn’t thought about very clearly...
While the report lays out a comprehensive structure for Harvard’s next general education system, it does not explain how it will be put into effect. English professor Louis Menand and philosophy professor Alison Simmons, who both chaired the report committee, said in a joint interview yesterday that they expected some of the report’s specifics to change before it becomes final...
...Symbolically at least it’s the spirit of our vision,” Menand said. “If we can make this work in some way—we’re not sure what the best way to do that would be—we’d really sort of lock in the message we’re trying to send with our curriculum...
...addition to chairs Menand and Simmons, the task force that drafted today’s report included psychologist Stephen M. Kosslyn, chemist David R. Liu ’94, paleontologist David R. Pilbeam, sociologist Mary C. Waters, undergrads Ryan A. Petersen ’08 and Limor S. Spector ’07, and Assistant Dean of the College Stephanie H. Kenen, who was an ex officio member...