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Professor of History Steven Ozment, who served on the selection committee for the New England region, said yesterday the Foundation established the one-year renewable fellowships" to encourage bright undergraduates who might be going to law or business school to go to graduate school in the humanities instead...
Current Head Tutor Steven Ozment, professor of History, expressed approval of the new duo. Both went through the history tutorial program as undergraduates and have had years of experience, he said...
...competence and genuine interest in what they are teaching. Certainly neither the Department nor, I am confident, the vast majority of Harvard undergraduates want the tutorial to become an occasion for ideological indoctrination. If this is what the author is suggesting, then he should be ashamed of himself. Steven Ozment Head Tutor
More than half of the world's population lives by--at least in name--the doctrine of Marxism. A solid understanding of its models and terminology is crucial in dealing with modern historical writing. Ozment stresses that there is "no suppression" going on, but neither he nor the department has provided a satisfactory reason for the change. Ozment adds that the topic has proved too broad for the short time allotted, but most tutors minimize the problem, saying that the new six-week period would be perfectly appropriate for a subject such as Marx...
Despite the History Department's mystifying attitude on this issue, the cause is not lost. Ozment says that the revision will not be officially approved until reading lists for the topics are compiled. In the meantime, tutors and students should be as strident as possible in opposing the changes, and in requesting more representation in future decisions. Perhaps then we will advance the important process of opening sheltered minds to the vistas of non-Western, non-white and non-male history...