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...result of student complaints about his teaching ability, Economic Lecturer Robert H. Neugeboren ’83 agrees to step down from teaching Economics 1010a, “Microecononomic Theory” for three weeks in order to spend time preparing his lectures...
Watson, who has served as an Ec 10 section leader during the past few years, also assumed lecturing responsibilities for Ec 1010a, “Microeconomic Theory,” in fall 2002 when Lecturer on Economics Robert H. Neugeboren ’83 was temporarily removed due to student complaints...
...seems as though change from above is impossible. But widespread student dissatsfaction has compelled the economics department to act before. Last semester, Department Chair Oliver Hart removed Ec1010a professor and Lecturer of Economics Robert H. Neugeboren ’81, after receiving a little more than a dozen student complaints that the he was disorganized and confusing. Hart should at least consider changes to Ec10, given that nearly two decades of student discontent has now culminated in the formation of a sizable organized group of students seeking reform. A biased professor is no better than a confusing professor; both impart...
Chair of the Economics Department Oliver S. Hart says that the incident was unusual and that he did not anticipate having to intervene in a similar way in other courses. Hart made the decision to remove Neugeboren after receiving a letter last month from more than a dozen students detailing their frustrations with the course...
...Neugeboren returned on Nov. 25 to teach the course’s third unit on game theory, his area of specialty. Though he could not be reached for comment, he previously told The Crimson that he was unprepared to teach the material in a large-lecture format and would use his time off to create PowerPoint presentations for the remainder of the course...