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Harvard has its weaknesses. They have been well-documented, and counter to perception, an unusually responsive administration has been addressing these weaknesses. Last spring, when a leaked internal memo showed survey results pinning student dissatisfaction on the usual culprits—distant professors, a lagging social life, and a dearth of “community”—a full fleet of initiatives were already underway. The Harvard College Curricular Review, Loker Pub, Lamont Café, and the hiring of a Greek-scene expert to oversee House community have sought to make omelets of Harvard?...
...hoped teaching fellows would utilize the space for office hours and study networks, and that reference librarians use it for informal teaching. “We drink coffee too,” she said, laughing. In reaching its decisions, the committee took into account results of a recent survey conducted by the Undergraduate Council, Cline said. According to the survey, conducted at Lamont and Quincy House last month, most students said they preferred a coffeehouse atmosphere with a decor similar to Lamont’s current design. The survey results recommended a variety of seating options conducive to both socializing...
...majority of students, the survey found, said they had faith in the U.N. “because of its role in the world and not because they don’t trust the U.S.,” according to Anderson...
Paglia—the university professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia— is a cultural critic, provocateur, and one of the top twenty public intellectuals in the world, according to a Foreign Policy magazine survey this fall...
...wasting time with little tiny courses in little tiny areas,” she says. But at Harvard and elsewhere, she says, professors are not willing to teach these broad courses. She says she remembers reading about a Harvard art history professor who refused to teach an art history survey course...