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...period since the 1997 review of the Core Program has been one of rapid change with respect to College-wide programs and degree requirements, as the Faculty has reviewed and modified particular aspects of the curriculum...
...more than 25 or 30 years without critical self-examination. Harvard must adapt to the profound changes in society. Moreover, the interconnected worlds of scholarship and teaching have changed significantly in many fields, and we must think collectively about what and how we teach, and for what purpose. The rapid rate of curricular innovation and change over the past several years far outpaces what we had seen during the period from the introduction of the Core in the 1970s until the 1997 review. This too is a sign that the time had come to step back from business as usual...
...beginning of my search, the shirt’s meaning was tied very explicitly to the daily dealings of the Crimson. But really, this isn’t a story about resilient articles of clothing or rapid-fire e-mailing or even our work at 14 Plympton St. Far from being weighed down by the confines of tradition, most Harvard student organizations are limited by the turmoil of turnover. Most institutional memory lasts four years at best. As one class graduates, another ascends into leadership positions. Inevitably, they chart a new course for their organizations. For a few months, they...
...easy to tell yourself that your child is going through a chubby phase. But your pediatrician's growth and body mass index charts don't lie. "You should begin to be concerned if you see rapid, abnormal upward weight divergence," says psychotherapist Ellyn Satter, author of Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family. If, over two years, you see a child's weight jump, say, from the 25th to the 75th percentile of the average weight for his age while his height stays at the 50th percentile, then there's cause for concern...
...stability, and for many months authorities have been moving to bring the overheated economy under control. The objective of China's policymakers is to temper excesses by cooling the credit cycle. In recent weeks, Beijing has announced a number of administrative actions aimed at curtailing excess lending and rapid price increases at the provincial and local levels. I am convinced those actions will work and that China will experience a soft landing...