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...scientists and others feel very strongly that for these two weeks in classes that rely on labs and demonstations need that time in the classroom," said CUE chairman Steven E. Ozment, associate dean of undergraduate education...
...difficult for the faculty as a whole to tell individual faculty members how they should run their class," Ozment said...
...people who teach these classes will not simply extend the work into the "buffer period" of two days despite efforts to restrict work during that period. As Mr. Barron and Mr. Saal pointed out, reading period was "originally set aside...as lecture-free time." Yet, CUE Chairman Dean Steven Ozment himself said "No faculty member will dictate to another how to teach their courses. Once you're in a class you play by the rules of the master." Professors of such courses as Chemistry 17 are sure to abuse the extra two days...
...professors in question have already managed to take over the normal reading period despite its avowed purpose. There is no reason why they will not intrude into the "buffer" days. On the contrary, there is reason to believe that these professors will take over this "buffer period". Consider Dean Ozment's admonition that faculty will not dictate to faculty how to run classes. In essence, the CUE is planning a tactical retreat doomed to failure...
...better way to handle the issue of excessive work during reading period is to insist that professors do their jobs in accordance with the college's rules. "Once in your class you play by the rules of the master," says Dean Ozment. Evidently, the dean has lost perspective. When professors agree to teach at Harvard, they are not granted little fiefdoms over which to exercise absolute control. Nevertheless, the dean's works are more relevant to the faculty than students. When we accept admission to Harvard, students agree to abide by the rules. If we cannot operate in accordance with...