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...committee also suggested eliminating the grades of C-minus, D-plus and D-minus because they are rarely given. But eliminating those grades would further compress professors??€™ choices when assigning grades, reducing their ability to draw meaningful distinctions between students. Lastly, the committee proposed to list on transcripts the percentage of A-range grades awarded in a particular class next to each student’s grade. This would put those in classes with many other high-performing students at an undeserved disadvantage. Many extremely advanced classes award a high percentage of As precisely because their students produce...
...most substantial recommendation proposes a Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, where four professors??€”one each in Native American, Asian American, Latino and Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies—would serve as chairs. The center would coordinate the University’s programs that relate to ethnic studies, and it would also be an ideal base for a broad ethnic studies department...
...worst thing about Harvard the hard way, by leaving it, try to figure out the best thing about Harvard—best for you, that is—and then experience it as often as possible. Hang out late with friends. Act in a play. Go to your professors??€™ office hours. Learn for learning’s sake. Have a blast this weekend...
...Chronicle of Higher Education, which ranks schools using the AAUP data, also ranked Harvard first in salaries paid to full professors??€”the average full professor at Harvard makes $144,700 per year...
...school has estimated that various academic initiatives—including the formation of new law colleges and the hiring of 15 new professors??€”will require physical additions and improvements to the campus to the tune of $100 million...