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Susan W. Lewis, director of the Core Curriculum, says the report was "very flattering," despite its criticisms. "Of course I think it's right," she says...
...administrators, however, say the report is a vindication of Harvard's strengths, and that the criticisms are all very minor. "The results of the inquiry were gratifying," reads a memo sent to all faculty members from Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence in preparation for next week's meeting. "Our institutional strengths, thoughtfully observed by the evaluators, can be a source of pride to faculty, students, and administrators...
...didn't think there was very much I disagreed with," says Pilbeam. He says many of the problems with the faculty that the report identifies are the result of Harvard's relatively small number of faculty as compared with other research institutions...
American University Professor of Mathematics Mary Gray, a member of the evaluating committee, says that the criticisms contained in the report are disturbing because Harvard serves as a bellwether for other higher education institutions...
...report's most pressing curricular concern is the failure of the QRR and the absence of mathematical instruction in the Core Curriculum. "The current quantitative reasoning test offers no guarantee that the students have a meaningful level of manipulative skills, much less an understanding of quantitative and logical reasoning and the essence of mathematics as a discipline," the report reads...