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...those of Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby and of University President Lawrence H. Summers. We reiterate Kirby’s warning in his annual Letter to the Faculty this year, that “Harvard is otherwise at risk of becoming a great university with merely sub-par undergraduate teaching.” This, then, is the function and gravity of the curricular review. In short, it’s time to get moving. The review is the work of eight different committees, the most wide-reaching and controversial of which was the Committee on General Education...
...every player had to participate in at least three. I had rather strong opinions on who should sit and when, which I never failed to share. He’d invariably nod and laugh before gently breaking the news that, no, we could not forget to invite the sub-par members of our team to that weekend’s contest, even if first place was on the line.And whether we were in season or not, there was always room on the couch—I’ll never forget leaping into his arms when Scott Norwood pushed...
This sort of assistance can be implemented in a variety of ways: investment in sub-par school systems; enrichment programs that teach students skills like writing and organization and provide SAT preparation; and initiatives like Teach for America that get Harvard graduates out into high schools to innovate school systems. Low-income students also need adequate college counseling and test preparation, advocacy for better implementation of educational legislation, and the overall academic base to which so many of them do not have access. If the College undertakes these efforts, their work will not necessarily breed a new line...
...academically qualified with the hope that the counselor will invite a wider array of students to the information session. Second, we offer ourselves as personal resources for students as they go through the application process, as students often do not know how to apply to Harvard or have sub-par guidance through the process...
...week, Kirby voiced his support for the Faculty and Faculty Council to push forward with the curricular review this spring. He called the curricular review “our highest priority,” warning that Harvard is otherwise at risk of becoming a great research university with merely sub-par undergraduate teaching. “Only when our College and University equally can claim to be second to none can we begin to feel satisfied,” wrote Kirby.Kirby’s intuitions are correct. The call to put the curricular review on hold until...