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...Kiely remarks that one of the great challenges for students and professors will be to keep Harvard vigorous in terms of general interdisciplinary studies as well as in specific fields. He sees interdisciplinary work as one of the best ways to pursue scholarship. Citing the example of his freshman seminar, which combines the study of literature and that of the Christian religion, Kiely extols the virtues of studying a little bit of everything. “The student who comes here hoping just to do economics or engineering is not making the most out of Harvard...
...those of you who, like my seminar advisee, are having difficulty concentrating: much of your adult life will be a struggle to stay centered on the things most important to you in the face of a million distracting pressures. With so many options—not to mention neuroses—surrounding us, it can be difficult to focus on anything at all. These days I find myself skipping to the end of three-panel comic strips to see how they come out. But with a thesis staring you in the face, you have to go cold turkey...
...Faculty continues to expand the freshman seminar program, eliminating a Core requirement would make first-years feel freer to take a seminar, Pedersen said...
...recent years, Knowles has worked closely with Dean for Undergraduate Education Susan G. Pedersen ’81-’82 to expand freshman seminar offerings...
...rebirth of the freshman seminar program was really made possible because of [Knowles’] commitment to it,” Pedersen said. “He put a great deal of work into personally engaging the Faculty with that issue when we first thought about expanding...