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...wrote in his announcement that plans for the time between early January and the start of spring term would be left to the discretion of individual schools—leaving room for decisions that have yet to be made...
...community, Dean criticized Republicans for their stance on Latinos. “In the halls of Congress, the Republicans are pushing the fence against people whose names end with e, z, or another vowel,” he said. After the forum, Dean headed to the Kirkland Junior Common Room for the College Democrats event. Following an introduction by Events Coordinator Jason Q. Berkenfeld ’11, Dean spoke briefly before settling down for an informal, off-the-record discussion with the roughly 100 students in attendance. Students asked questions dealing with everything from the debate over gay rights...
Harvard’s Faculty Room is often cited as one of the most impressive spaces on campus, and it is easy to see why. Chandeliers hang from the ceiling, light shines in through the windows, and the busts and portraits of Harvard legends line the walls. Located on the second floor of University Hall, the room has been renovated to look identical to the way it was 100 years ago, when former University President Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, presided over Faculty meetings...
Now—nearly two years later—Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris leans back in his chair and crosses his arms. His sparsely decorated office marks a striking contrast to the Faculty Room just a floor above. The walls are bare. As I interview him, my eyes fall upon Eliot’s Harvard Classics series on a small gray bookshelf nearby, their gold letters glittering against the red binding. On an adjacent bookshelf I see “General Education in a Free Society”—more commonly known...
...March 2006, incoming interim University President Derek C. Bok called together a group of around ten professors from the Committee on General Education, including the future architects of the new General Education program—Menand and Simmons. These professors sat in a Loeb House conference room, where the Harvard Corporation meets to decide the direction of the University...