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...reason why the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) board fee has not been raised to accommodate dining beyond 7:30 p.m. is as follows: The tuition that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) sets for an undergraduate education is tracked very closely relative to Harvard’s peer institutions to ensure that Harvard’s does not increase significantly more than any other institution in a given year. Harvard works very deliberately to ensure that its tuition is not the most expensive of the Ivy League schools. For this reason, a tuition increase in any form...
...proctors—who know little about the Harvard system. Freshmen quickly learn that the best academic advice comes not from professors or proctors, but upperclassmen who are far more in touch with their concerns. Though Associate Dean of Advising Programs Monique Rinere’s invention of academic Peer Advising Fellows is a step in the right direction, it must be formalized, re-focused on concentration choice, and extended into sophomore year to ensure that this curricular change does not become a punishment for undecided students...
Furthermore, the College should make the system for first-years wishing to declare their concentration easier and more transparent. And the recent decision to merge the social and academic advising roles of Peer Fellows was a wise one because, as stated by Dean Rinere, "the fellows will be able to focus on one group of advising instead of two." Although the Peer Advising Program is still susceptible to linking freshmen with upperclassmen who will not know much about concentrations outside their own, it will at least get students to start thinking about their concentration and academic careers early...
...comprehensive survey in which 126 students from a variety of concentrations and backgrounds participated. The survey showed that academic interest in South Asia, particularly from undergraduates, was on the rise, while Harvard resources were inadequate not only in fulfilling students’ demand but also in comparison to our peer institutions and other area studies programs. Fewer than 12 percent of students initially interested in pursuing a concentration in South Asian Studies actually followed through; many cited the lack of course offerings and adequate funding as barriers. Only 20 out of 47 students who had initially considered writing a thesis...
...reevaluating its academic and curricular goals, the administration ought to reassert its commitment to developing South Asian Studies at Harvard. As students, we have done everything in our power to provide the university with extensive data on the current state of South Asian Studies at Harvard and at peer institutions; with statistics and recommendations illustrating undergraduate student desires; and with the endorsement of the larger student community. The onus now lies on the administration to implement these much-needed changes. In the words of former president Summers, “There is an enormous need for us to enhance...