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...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 be given prior to winter recess in December. Before the four months of spring semester, the Committee...
This problem goes far beyond the realm of the curricular review. It is the product of an irony-soaked campus culture that all too often spurns simple, earnest patriotism in favor of suave, detached cosmopolitanism...
Joshua Patashnik ’07 is a government concentrator in Adams House. He is a former editor-in-chief of the Harvard Political Review...
...request of the Harvard Allston Task Force, the University’s proposal for an art center was put on hold, and the city suspended the normal bi-weekly meetings for a month, replacing them with smaller issue-specific discussions. The review process, which had been hailed as a successful collaboration between Harvard and its Allston neighbors, was called into question...
...hands of the next dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). How he answers them will determine the hallmarks of a Harvard education for the next generation.The most obvious issue pertaining to undergraduate education on the dean’s plate is the ongoing curricular review. On paper, the new system could either become a realigned Core or a completely different and innovative curriculum. Which path it takes lies in the finer details of its implementation, particularly finding and hiring personnel for the new system, all of which the new FAS dean will decide.The General Education system...