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...meeting were Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Andrew Knoll, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons. Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, an ex officio member of the committee, was also present, along with other guests...
University President Lawrence H. Summers, who was involved with the Committee on General Education as an ex officio member in 2004, did not attend the meeting. He ceased his formal contribution to the review in 2005, citing a desire “for the Faculty to take full responsibility for the review...
Meeting every Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the third floor of the Science Center, the 16 voting members of the Committee on General Education—and ex officio members including Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and University President Lawrence H. Summers—had a heavy burden on their shoulders...
This year, Summers played a more direct role in undergraduate education, sitting as an ex-officio member of the General Education Committee for the ongoing Harvard College Curricular Review, though he said in May that he would cease formal involvement in the Curricular Review...
Until this spring, Summers has been a highly influential member of the review, serving as an ex officio member of the General Education committee this year and acting as the driving force behind many of the review’s more ambitious recommendations...