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...into motion. According to Menand, recent events are “unfortunate because the momentum was there in spite of all the troubles.” But Menand feels that the faculty will still have significant input in the future of the Curricular Review, which should take the onus off of the heir to the throne.But no matter what questions the future president of Harvard has to answer, everything depends on who gets chosen to sit in the hot seat...
...Eliots, the Connants of our history—have been bold visionaries who took a hands-on role in defining University policy and more broadly, the central tenets of American higher learning. Summers was brought in to revitalize the University presidency as Harvard looks to reflect and retool.The onus is on the Faculty to air and, further, to act on genuine, substantive, and specific grievances when they exist. But the continued venting of general, undirected dissatisfaction with Summers’ brusqueness, his abruptness, or any of his acknowledged idiosyncrasies, is a disservice to the entire Harvard community. A distracted Faculty...
...food stamps, in medical coverage for the poor and the elderly, in student aid, cuts that will hit the very people whose eloquent pleas for help gripped the nation and moved us all.” He later called on progressives to reinvigorate local governance. “The onus is on those of us who believe in government—who believe government has an affirmative role to play in investing in our future and sustaining our prosperity—to demonstrate that government can work better than it does today,” he said. Several times during...
...finished third with a 1.47 GAA. Last year, that number jumped up to 1.86 and her save percentage was 17th-best in the country. Not quite comparable to the two top teams four years ago.But for just a moment, let’s step back. By placing the onus on the goalie, the implication is that scoring will be down as teams struggle to put the puck in the net.But the top team in the country right now, St. Lawrence, did not lose any offensive power to the Olympics and had little trouble finding the net during an excellent campaign...
...Harvard College Curricular Review’s (HCCR) Committee on General Education submitted the first, abortive draft of its recommendations, its final document is complete. Underlying the recommendations is a guiding vision of interdisciplinarity, accountability, and flexibility that previous drafts conspicuously lacked. They stress cross-department cooperation, put the onus on professors to enhance the quality of their classes, and give students far more avenues by which to complete their general education requirements. As the committee’s document is debated piece-by-piece in the coming weeks and months, it is crucial that these priorities remain central; otherwise...