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...implementation of most of the Task Force’s recommendations will inevitably depend on the goodwill and focus of the Faculty, which has yet to fulfill such lofty expectations in other areas of undergraduate education. Officially, there is almost no way to ensure that professors audit each other??s classes or that teaching evaluations be given more weight in highly secretive and subjective tenure decisions. If faculty want to solve Harvard’s pedagogical deficiency, they must recognize that, at the end of the day, the onus of responsibility will fall squarely on their shoulders.The Task...
...concrete measures to change Harvard’s teaching culture. The recommendations include more documentation of teaching ability during hiring and promotions, more funding from the FAS administration for pedagogical experimentation, increased scheduling flexibility to allow for different class formats, and a push for professors to visit each other??s courses and share teaching materials.Implementation of some of the proposals could start as early as this academic year if they are received favorably by the Faculty and administration, said Theda Skocpol, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the task force’s chair.While...
...recommendations include more documentation of teaching ability during hiring and promotions, more funding from the FAS administration for pedagogical experimentation, increased scheduling flexibility to allow for different class formats, and a push for professors to visit each other??s courses and share teaching materials...
...Technology and biology really need to be working more shoulder-to-shoulder,” Cech said in a 2004 interview posted on the Nobel Prize Web site. The problem with universities, Cech said, is that people “who need to really talk to each other?? often find themselves “in separate places...
...highest quality and talent are being considered for this tremendously important job. So I was surprised to see that the sub-headline of your first profile (“Provost Considered for Top Post,” 12/19) asserted that this candidate’s resume, more than any other??s, “may make him [the] most qualified candidate...