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...Faculty of Arts and Sciences failed to reach a quorum at its meeting yesterday and postponed a vote on a measure that would have required most courses to be student-evaluated.Several professors blasted the proposal, saying it would infringe upon “professorial autonomy.” The motion, put forward by Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, would mandate that all courses of five or more students be evaluated for the annual guide published by the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE).The Faculty Council and a curricular review committee have both supported mandating course...
...prospective concentrations at the end of their freshmen year. Finally, the measure to delay concentration choice passed in a sparsely attended Faculty meeting last week. It is unfortunate that the very same Faculty who attended meetings in droves to condemn University President Lawrence H. Summers now barely makes quorum to pass profoundly important educational reforms. We have called on the Faculty repeatedly to take a more active interest in the HCCR, and continue to be underwhelmed by their efforts...
...Faculty would show up to conduct a binding vote.“It was close, there were a lot of people out of town,” Faculty Council Vice Chair Laurel Thatcher Ulrich said after the meeting.But after a few professors trickled in late, the Faculty achieved a quorum and approved the legislation overwhelmingly by voice vote.The first bill bars departments from restricting sophomore fall courses to would-be concentrators. But it allows them to declare certain courses as prerequisites for entering a concentration.Social Studies, for instance, may leave its year-long sophomore tutorial in place, philosopher Warren Goldfarb...
...Faculty’s first chance to display its academic leadership following its successful coup, Dean of FAS William C. Kirby barely mustered a quorum on Tuesday for the first round of votes on the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR). This abysmal attendance not only questions the Faculty’s commitment to the future of the College’s curriculum but also its idealistic complaints about Summers’ inability to effectively run an academic institution—at least he showed...
...that setup is beginning to pose a challenge for the leaders of the church. Like other Americans, Mormon men and women are marrying later. "This tendency to postpone adult responsibilities ... is surely visible among our LDS young adults," said Dallin Oaks, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, one of the highest levels in the LDS hierarchy, in a speech earlier this year. "The average age at marriage has increased in the last few decades, and the number of children born to LDS married couples has decreased." While the church says it does not keep age statistics...