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...Compact on Teaching and Learning,” as the report was called, found that teaching skill was ignored or even stigmatized in performance reviews of graduate students and professors. In response, the compact called for a slew of fundamental changes to the way the University approaches pedagogy—including more documentation of teaching ability during hiring and promotions, more funding for pedagogical experimentation, increased scheduling flexibility to allow for different class formats, and a push for professors to visit each other’s courses and share teaching materials...
...According to Petersen, the slew of new social spaces demonstrates the great need on campus for “universally accessible spaces”—perhaps indicating a desire for a shift away from the final clubs that have long been a hallmark of the Harvard social scene...
...With the ascension of McKay Professor of Computer Science Michael D. Smith to the FAS deanship, we hope that a higher priority will be placed on the improvement of undergraduate life. While Smith will have to deal with a budget deficit and a slew of different priorities, we are hopeful that undergraduate life will not be neglected in budgeting and fundraising during his tenure...
...believed that General Education would herald a new age for undergraduate education at Harvard. Gone would be the days of inflexible requirements and begging for exemptions at the Core Office. General Education was about to heroically do away with the disenchantment of our education, replacing the Core with a slew of engaging, broad, and relevant courses.Yet as a final report gave way to legislation, faculty debate, amendments, and a final vote, we became increasingly disillusioned. Now, General Education looks likely to achieve just the opposite of what it initially promised.The problem is not its philosophy, which is generally sound. Unlike...
...brought back a slew of memories from the South Pole. “I took 975 photos, and kept a journal,” she told the catalogue. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I wanted to capture...