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...shrinking University finances and recession-related budget cuts, one student organization—the Leadership Institute at Harvard College—just received a $50,000 cash infusion. The grant from the Flora Family Foundation, which supports public service initiatives, will be given to the student group in two yearly installments of $25,000. The money will be used to expand the Leadership Institute’s existing programs as well as develop new curriculum. The student-run Institute—started in 2004-2005—seeks to provide concrete leadership training to supplement academic education for students...
Michael D. Zakaras is a first year MPP student at the Kennedy School of Government...
...College closed its Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response for the month of July, and administrators combined the Office of Residential Life and Office of Student Life and Activities into a single office while downsizing staff. The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, which gives advice to faculty and teaching fellows, is also struggling after a 40 percent budget cut and a halving of its staff...
Changes have occurred since I entered Harvard 61 years ago. Most obviously, in 1948 the class consisted only of men. Women, in smaller numbers, were shunted off to Radcliffe. The amalgamation of genders and increased diversity of the student body in general are likely to have effects on the university that will not be fully appreciated for at least 50 years...
...Answer exam questions as broadly as possible. One student took a social relations exam without enrolling in or auditing the course. His expansive answers drew the comment, “You almost hit the jackpot!” The course professor, who happened to be one of my favorite teachers, tried to get the student expelled. President Conant was more forgiving. Drew G. Faust would likely do likewise, but don’t tempt...