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...become emeritus professors. Such a measure would not only free up slots for junior professors, but would also dilute the influence of old guard professors who cling to the notion that junior professors must leave Harvard before securing tenure. While former University President Lawrence H. Summers claimed that tenure reform was a high priority so that Harvard could get a younger, more dynamic faculty, it is unclear whether the system is working any differently. Harvard needs to make it a priority to give junior faculty members a fair chance at getting tenure instead of making tenure an unattainable dream...
...daring move to reform Massachusetts’s flawed justice system, Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 recently initiated a reevaluation of the state’s mandatory minimum sentencing laws. These statutes, which require a minimum sentence for crimes that fit certain criteria, eliminate judicial discretion, can result in grievous injustices in sentencing, and shift the prison system to focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation. That’s not to say that mandatory minimum sentences are all bad—they have many benefits—but the rules as written are overly draconian...
...student who is really interested in the Crimson and wants to concentrate in chemistry, then we’ll try to match that student up with a Crimson editor who’s concentrated in chemistry for two years.”So perhaps the impending reform to integrate social and academic peer advising will help bridge the disconnect between advisers and advisees. Yet the questions of the ultimate utility and benefit of the program still remain. Few would deny that freshmen need advising, however some would quibble over whether a friendship cultivated by a monetary incentive is exactly what...
Three years from now, how will we know if curricular reform is working? What signs will indicate that improved courses and advising are enriching the undergraduate academic experience? It is time to ask this question--to lay down criteria by which we can measure and move toward success—even though more hours of faculty debate will unfold before the last vote on the new system of General Education is tallied in a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...chorus in favor of calendar reform grows, there is still one issue up for debate: whether Harvard should have a January term. But while such an inter-semester mini-term might be superficially appealing, we doubt that it could succeed in practice and hope the University does not try to implement a J-Term. In March 2004, the Committee on Calendar Reform, one of the curricular review committees, proposed a “4-1-4” schedule to align Harvard with most other colleges: The school year would start immediately after Labor Day and final exams would...