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...BUSINESSBefore discussing the Gen Ed report yesterday, the Faculty approved three measures by unanimous voice vote.After approving a nearly-80 page list of courses and instructors for Harvard Summer School, the Faculty voted to require student evaluations of all teaching fellows and teaching assistants, even if their course heads opt out of CUE evaluations.The Faculty also voted to recommend renaming the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS).If the Harvard Corporation approves, DEAS will become known as the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti said...
...meeting of the semester, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will face legislation from the Committee on Graduate Education (CGE) concerning mandatory evaluations for all Teaching Fellows (TFs) in the College. Currently, the Committee on Undergraduate (CUE) Guides lack information on any TFs in classes led by professors who opt out of the evaluative process...
...Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Theda Skocpol, who chairs the CGE and the recently formed Task Force on Teaching and Career Development, maintains that “It is not fair to the vast majority of good, conscientious teachers to have a small number of professors opt out of the CUE Guide.” She added, “Personally—speaking as a professor—I would support an amendment to the legislation. I do want all professors to be evaluated...
...students whom they teach. On a more general level, mandatory evaluations send the message that initiatives like the Task Force on Teaching and Career Development were intended to make: Harvard University is committed to improving the academic experience that Harvard students receive. Currently, professors’ ability to opt out of the CUE—no matter how few do choose to do it—signals a glaring disregard for students’ feelings regarding their own education...
...power on issues ranging from deficits to torture, McCain is uniquely vulnerable to anything that hints of hypocrisy--even on questions that ordinary politicians would get a pass on. To have a shot at winning a presidential election these days, for instance, it is nearly a requirement that candidates opt out of the federal finance system, forgoing its matching funds because it's too difficult to mount a credible campaign within the law's spending caps. But that move, however pragmatic, would look bad coming from an author of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance-reform...