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...discusses them in depth. Others say they want to send the proposals back to the drawing board in order to produce a report that will redefine undergraduate education for the 21st century.As it stands, Harvard’s curricular review “puts us in line with many peer institutions, but it doesn’t really show the capacity of our faculty and our students to rethink how best to learn,” Professor of History and Science Allan M. Brandt says.STARTING WITH THE SYLLABUSBefore University administrators can articulate the curricular review’s vision...
...overhaul of the College’s advising system. But her honeymoon was short.On her sixth day at the new job, Rinere met with the board of the 20-year-old, undergraduate-run Prefect Program and told them they would be “morphed” into a peer advising system. It would be a Kafkaesque metamorphosis—that is to say, an involuntary one.Rinere invited the prefect officers to serve on a new Student Advisory Board (SAB), but they were far from mollified. “The Prefect Program has been disbanded effective next year, from above...
...Mather. 5. House overregulation. Some Houses, like Dunster, only allow parties until 1 a.m. Many others allow parties to go until 2 a.m. House masters and residential deans should not have the discretion to make House life worse in some places than in others.6. First-Year Advising. The Peer Advising Fellow system recently put in place will make academic advising for freshmen much better next year. The next step is to redefine the roles of proctors and faculty members in the world of freshman advising. Proctors should sign study cards, plans of study, and so on for all students. Since...
...joint thesis. This spring the Faculty also discussed and approved the reports of the Committee on Writing and Speaking and the Committee on Advising and Counseling. The latter has already led to the creation of the Office of Advising Programs in the College, and the creation of a new peer advising program for the arriving freshman class. We are also working on recruiting more non-resident advisers for entering freshmen and on improving departmental advising websites. Several House Masters and Resident Deans will join the advising committee next year to help plan our advising program for first-semester sophomores. Many...
...answers to the Faculty, he does not prioritize undergraduate life concerns.“Faculty hiring is the focus,” the University Hall administrator says.At Harvard, the dean of the College reports to the dean of the Faculty, who in turn reports to the president. At peer institutions, such as Yale, the dean of the college reports directly to the university president or provost.FAS administrators maintain that while the dean of the Faculty is ultimately responsible for allocating unrestricted funds from the HCF, he does so only after consultation with other administrators.“Gifts...