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...chance to restructure the curriculum comes once every 30 years regardless of who the president is, regardless of who the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science is, and regardless of which bodies of the University are cooperating. No power vacuum, no matter how large, need stall the reforms of this curricular review (already three years in the making), and with support from deans and faculty—and the support of undergraduates—we can renew reform without pause.At this point, the review’s first priority should be to eliminate the Core Curriculum. Students...
...this is not simply an issue of style. As the recent multi-million-dollar Russian reform fraud scandal involving his close friend and fellow economist Jones Professor of Economics Andrei Shleifer ’82 illustrates, Summers also has an ethics problem. This is perhaps most starkly evident in the way that he worked to maintain a fortress of secrecy around him while employing Washington-style political tactics as a way to embarrass or humiliate colleagues. In Summers’ inner circle, economics is about power rather than principle. And this debilitating corporate worldview—where market values...
...sure hope he’ll restart a discussion on curriculum reform, and contribute to it,” Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker, who is a member of the Committee on General Education, wrote in an e-mail, “Bok’s involvement would be a fabulous opportunity for the Harvard community...
...these are good, bad or ill-conceived ideas; it matters only that they are pro-diversity.Follow these rules, but chiefly remember to be quiet and deferential, and avoid speaking of your own “vision.” Everywhere people are bandying about the buzz word “reform,” but don’t be fooled: The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, your effectual boss, is profoundly satisfied with the status quo. So sit back, sign those fundraising letters, be personable (i.e. coddling) and try to look cool, hip, and progressive. You?...
Riley said last night that social programming reform possesses the “potential to have a strong and lasting impact on the Harvard community for a very long time...