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...which includes the Expos program, the Harvard Writing Project, and the Writing Center—in August 2007 in anticipation of what the administration said would be a nationwide search to find a new program director.The search, which was not advertised until November 2008, ultimately led to the recent announcement that Jehn would stay on as the Writing Program’s permanent director.Jehn’s selection has prompted both praise and criticism as those with knowledge of the program consider how his selection will affect the direction the program will take in the future.AN ADMINISTRATIVE FOCUSA graduate...
...drop some of my classes at public universities which were affected by the strike and instead take classes at private universities,” said Arbuthnott. Because the strikes have been centered on public universities, Crimson expatriates pursuing studies at private French universities have been entirely unaffected by the recent strikes. “The strikes have not had an impact on my classes, as I take all of my classes at Sciences Po, a private university,” wrote Annie Shoemaker ’10. “I have had a wonderful experience studying abroad...
...Deeply troubling and extremely questionable, this recent development suggests that the administration is not at all serious about rethinking what ought to constitute a liberal education. The Program for General Education, finalized nearly two years ago, is a comically slight permutation of the Core Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning becomes Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning, Moral Reasoning becomes Ethical Reasoning, Foreign Cultures becomes Societies of the World, and so on. It is insulting that ostensibly the most intellectually rigorous body in academia (the Faculty of Arts and Sciences) thought the Harvard community—so well trained by the old Core...
...recent memory, there have been two other alleged incidents involving racial profiling...
Nearly every student wishes there were more hours in the day. In lieu of that, many Harvard undergrads have found a way to be more productive with the 24 hours they have: As a recent piece in the New Yorker reports, the use of “neuroenhancing” study drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin at places like Harvard is pervasive. Though the New Yorker piece is largely anecdotal and does not necessarily indicate a meaningful rise in the use of study drugs at Harvard, it calls attention to the greater implications of the use of such drugs...