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...rightfully so. And yawning gaps in particular sub-areas (like Continental philosophy) are only part of the problem. At the department level, the slate of courses offered reflects faculty interests in particular areas instead of a coherent vision of what a complete undergraduate education in a particular concentration ought to cover. This is not to say that departments hastily organize their undergraduate requirements; it is clear that concentration requirements are thoughtfully planned given the courses available. But it is impossible to offer undergraduates a full exposure to a particular field if certain subfields are not represented in the first place...
...factor in faculty hiring decisions. This is a notable break from the way that faculty hiring generally takes place at Harvard and other research universities—traditionally, prospective faculty have been evaluated on the merits of their research alone. But if one believes, as we do, that Harvard ought to use teaching ability as a consideration in faculty hires, it only makes sense for Harvard to also consider what courses prospective faculty might teach...
Meanwhile, America has been at war, and Summers still couldn’t keep away from those geese. He had the temerity to suggest that Harvard ought to allow the armed forces of the United States to recruit on campus. My God, doesn’t this man realize Cambridge is a district of Pyongyang? He must be anti-homosexual, that’s it: it’s “Don’t ask don’t tell,” not being at war, that matters. (I don’t care for the word...
Harvard students can help to right matters by making sure the Corporation knows their views about whose interests ought to dominate and what kind of president should be appointed to succeed Summers...
...University Council existed and said that it would have to be adjusted to the times to become an effective legislative body. “It is certainly possible that Harvard has on the books something that would facilitate a new way of looking at governance issues, and that document ought to be examined or re-examined in light of the 21st century,” said the research director of Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership, Barbara Kellerman.Harvard is a much larger institution today than it was in President Eliot’s time. With about...