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Responding to student outcry over a $464.50 coursepack, the staff of Government 90qa: Community in America, taught by Malkin Professor of Public Policy Robert D. Putnam, decided to find their own printer elsewhere, making their coursepacks available both online and at universityreaders.com, an independent seller of coursepacks...
...They both can explain their theories in a very straightforward manner that’s not overwhelming,” said Emily F. Murphy ’07, a former student of Pinker and a current student of Putnam. “They both would get my vote...
...Putnam “doesn’t seem like an intellectual who is an isolated researcher who doesn’t really do anything that is relevant to the world around him—in a way that makes him respectable,” she said...
...editorial last February, the Crimson Staff criticized Malkin Professor of Public Policy Robert D. Putnam for his outlandishly priced $464.50 coursepack. Going back to the drawing board, Putnam instructed his assistants compiling next year’s coursepack to scour Harvard’s electronic resources. The result? After a few weeks of effort, the same 1000 page coursepack is now priced under $200. If only other professors would catch...
...success that Robert Putnam has had in reducing the price of his coursepack suggests that, with some effort, TFs and professors could save students substantial amounts of money. There are a number of simple ways that coursepacks can be made cheaper. Harvard already pays huge sums for copyrights on its online resources. Professors who incur copyright costs by including in their coursepacks newspaper or journal articles (almost invariably available through e-resources) can save students money simply by linking to the articles. And more than just articles are available online. Last year, Environmental Science and Public Policy 10 did without...