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...Something got done—it’s hard to believe,” one professor said to another right after Summers’ gavel adjourned the meeting. HARVARD’S NEW MINOR Yesterday’s move will bring Harvard in line with its peer institutions, virtually all of which already offer minors. Even so, some professors expressed unease with the plan, and Spelke emphasized that the EPC would undertake a “very serious” review of the program after five years. “I must say, this vote is a shot...
Every year we like to lift our eyes from the toil of the present and peer further ahead at the trends on the horizon. Our exploration this time raised a lively debate on the merits of digital moviemaking, as well as keen observations that underscored the human element of our technology-driven world time's article on George Lucas and the new digital age in moviemaking was especially poignant for me [March 20]. My father worked as a technician at Technicolor for more than 30 years and helped with the production of several Disney animated movies. Now my daughter...
...semester. The reasons for the switch seem fairly logical—a slew of first-year requirements and opportunities makes it difficult for freshmen to explore new academic areas in a meaningful way—and the change would bring the College in line with many of its peer institutions...
...rational as the new requirement would be, I fear that far too many undergraduates will view it as just another hoop to jump through. For all that we clamor for more faculty advising, more peer advising, more concentration and pre-concentration advising, we are remarkably unresponsive when such opportunities do arise. A sizeable percentage of Harvard students show up to their semiannual advising sessions merely to collect a signature for their study card...
Today’s legislation will bring Harvard in line with its peer institutions, virtually all of which already offer minors...