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...Petersen went on to organize a referendum in which 84 percent of the 3,467 undergraduates participating called for the calendar to be changed. Two weeks later, Interim President Derek C. Bok e-mailed the Harvard community to reopen a University-wide conversation on the calendar. A decision on the matter was expected Commencement week...
...Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 organized a College-wide referendum in which 84 percent of the 3,467 undergraduates who participated called for the calendar to be changed. And last month, Interim President Derek C. Bok used a letter to the community to reopen the calendar debate across Harvard, signalling that he intends to make headway on the issue before handing over the reins to Drew G. Faust on July...
Just before the curricular review came to completion this spring, the UC released a 10,000 word position paper documenting their proposed calendar changes. A UC-sponsored undergraduate referendum on calendar reform followed, in which 84 percent of the 3,467 students who participated voted in favor of the Council’s proposal. The UC plan drew heavily upon that of the Verba report, but it did not endorse a J-term—instead citing language from the earlier report providing for an alternate configuration...
...last two years of Summers’ tenure, the conversation on calendar reform stalled as FAS tackled general education legislation. Just before the curricular review came to completion this spring, the UC released a 10,000 word position paper documenting their proposed calendar changes. A UC-sponsored undergraduate referendum on calendar reform followed, in which 84 percent of the 3,467 students who participated voted in favor of the Council’s proposal. The UC plan drew heavily upon that of the Verba report, but it did not endorse a J-term—instead citing language from...
...President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 swiftly followed the referendum results with a letter to Bok demanding an audience with the Corporation at which council representatives planned to present their proposal. While Petersen’s demand was denied, Bok soon threw his hat into the ring. Citing Verba’s committee and the UC report, he wrote in a message to the Harvard community that “it seems only appropriate and fair to offer all interested parties an opportunity to be heard so that we may have a full range of arguments and views...