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...addition, Harvard plans to allocate a space for protests on its property in near the complex, since, according to Spiegelman, some of the studies??€”including stem cell research—will be of a controversial nature...
Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences Tommie Shelby, who has taught Social Studies 10 during two of the past three years, also acknowledged that students are likely attracted by Social Studies??€™ reputation: “That’s a Harvard problem. People are competitive and do the thing that brings the most prestige—it goes with the territory...
...solution is to rid Social Studies of its dubiously warranted prestige and image as an intellectual haven within the College—something that Social Studies is loathe to do. When questioned about Social Studies??€™ relation to other concentrations, Bernstein reiterated the difficulty of the concentration and the need for students to reflect on what they are committing to. Tuck said, “I think Social Studies??€™ reputation is good for the concentration—that kind of self-confidence is good for work. People want to be a part of an interesting group...
...freshmen that I spoke to, none said that Social Studies??€™ message of difficulty would stop them from trying the concentration. Jessica G. Ranucci ’10, another potential concentrator, said, “People don’t think they’ll get in, but that hasn’t deterred them from what I have heard...
...time, Paul C. Martin ’52, then Dean of the Division of Applied Sciences and chairman of the Task Force on Concentrations that proposed the expansion of Social Studies, told The Crimson, “If the application decrease is due to the loss of Social Studies??€™ ‘elite’ status, it’s all for the better...