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...plenty of rigor in my classes at Harvard, but the lack of rigor cited in Lecturer Tal Ben-Shahar’s classes mask the fact that what he is imparting—quite successfully—could be the most important takeaway in students’ years on-campus. If they can walk away understanding that gratitude is the character strength most closely associated with happiness, or that having a meaningful social circle is one of the best predictors of aging well, they will not only change their lives, but they will “pay it forward?...
...teaches the spring semester course in the year-long introductory Life Sciences sequence, wrote in an e-mail, “From what my students know, and don’t know, I can only infer that most AP biology courses do not have the depth or rigor to justify testing out of a college course.” The study’s authors, Sadler and University of Virginia Assistant Professor of Science Education Robert H. Tai, presented their findings on Feb. 17 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in St. Louis...
...regarding timing of concentration choice. Summers, who in his recent resignation letter expressed a desire to make the Harvard experience commensurate with the quality of its students and faculty, seems to share this understanding. It is in both students’ and professors’ interests to maintain the rigor of Harvard’s degree programs, and I trust that the current efforts toward increased freedom and flexibility will contribute to that goal. Emily E. Riehl ’06 is a mathematics concentrator in Adams House...
...oppression at the hands of some tyrannical liberal hegemony. They, and they alone, are those who courageously stand defiant in the face of the progressive bulldozer. And so they must fight mercilessly for what they see is right, even if it they end up doing it with the intellectual rigor of a napkin...
...same reason they teach freshmen seminars here—the opportunity to make an indelible mark on the minds of young and eager learners. In total, 125 students this year enrolled in Yale’s program, accounting for about one-ninth of the freshmen class.In terms of rigor, subject matter, and the level of student enthusiasm, Russell’s seminar portends what a larger, opt-in Great Books program could be. Sadly, so long as Great Books at Harvard is a cross borne by a solitary Armenian Studies professor, it can never accommodate the hundreds of students...