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...committee to fill a new three-week January term left open by a 2004 proposal to create one University-wide calendar, a schedule later adopted by Interim University President Derek Bok in 2007 for implementation in the 2009-2010 academic year.But four years later, these opportunities remain unrealized. Instead, the College’s first J-Term next winter will feature limited housing for select individuals, encouraging students to explore off-campus options and to use the period for rest and relaxation.The January programming once expected from calendar change has been overshadowed, as administrators reassess the College?...
...present fiscal challenges have arisen in part because financial planning for Allston was given short shrift by Summers, who instead set his sights on loftier institutional and research goals.“I think the Allston project was a combination of genuine ambition for Harvard to remain at the forefront of scientific breakthroughs and for President Summers to have created something for which he would be remembered,” says former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68. “To go out and borrow money on buildings, on top of [a troubled budget...
...year, which saw a seismic reshaping of the global financial landscape.Mere months later, academic economists are for the most part presenting a sanguine front to the world. Despite the unprecedented collapse of several Wall Street giants that relied on quantitative forecasting, they say that the fundamentals of quantitative techniques remain intact.But at the same time, there is a new note of humility—an explicit recognition that the world is complex, formulas are imperfect, and humans are fallible.THE GREAT UNKNOWNWhile debates continue to rage over the length, severity, or causes of the financial crisis, economists have agreed...
...While the final scale and impact of job reductions remain to be seen, concerns are growing among students, who cite on-campus jobs as a critical means of fulfilling student contribution requirements for tuition...
...According to a Quad Library employee, who wished to remain anonymous to preserve his relationship with the College, 12 students were employed there this semester; the Penthouse Coffee Bar employed eight students at the beginning of last semester, says Cafe Manager Charlie R. Ryland...