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Come next January, students will have one less excuse to be trawling the CUE guide for an easy fourth class the night before Study Card Day. Beginning next spring term, undergraduates will be required to pre-register for courses using a new online course-planning tool, as Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris announced at a faculty meeting last week. It is prudent for the College to establish this system, as pre-registration is a painless way for the University to save money in a time when budgetary needs are of special concern...
Oppenheimer described a recent incident at lunchtime when she forgot to check the ingredients in a new soup—which happened to contain peanuts. A member of the Mather dining hall staff immediately approached her, notified her about the soup, apologized, and even removed it from the day’s dinner menu...
...luxury no longer afforded, given the changes. Whereas many colleges base PBK elections solely on grades, the Harvard-Radcliffe chapter prides itself on looking more holistically at students. Indeed, the current election system allows professors who know students well to make informed, nuanced recommendations. However, the new rules give this power to the directors of studies, who may not know each candidate well enough to have a firm basis for judgment...
...addition, the changes will further obscure a process that already lacks sufficient transparency. Under the new rules, seniors will not be informed of their standing with PBK unless they are admitted, which would occur days before graduation. Students who are not elected will never even know they were being considered. Although this may spare the hurt feelings of students who are considered but not ultimately elected, students deserve to know where they stand. To be considered at all is an honor...
Although critics have long argued that paying students for results can lead to a decreased interest in learning, Fryer’s new results show no evidence to justify or support these claims...