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...scores for economics advising on the senior survey may not even necessarily be a function of poor advising quality, according to Miron...
...think our low score for advising on the senior survey is partially reflecting dissatisfaction with the large classes in the economics concentration,” he says...
Both concentrations have suffered from poor advising in the past: A 2001 survey of Harvard seniors showed that economics and government concentrators rated the quality of their departmental advising at 2.57 and 2.62, respectively, compared to the college average of a 3.19 on a five-point scale...
...begin with, Harvard has been overall unsuccessful in its attempts to provide a liberal-arts education. The burden of unexciting, core survey courses combined with fairly strict and rigorous concentration requirements provide for very little room to truly experiment. On top of this, the cutthroat environment around letter grades and GPA, which is perhaps unwittingly fostered by departments, the administration, and the Office of Career Services, ensures that even if we do test uncharted waters, we won’t really have the courage to do anything with it. Our hands are full—or at least...
...prefrosh are not alone in their interest in research. In a survey conducted among students concentrating in the sciences at Harvard in 2008-09 by the Student Advisory Board for Science, 80 percent of the respondents said they believe that research is an important part of their science education. But what are the real benefits of an undergraduate research experience? Why should advisors encourage students to get involved in research? And if we agree that it is important, how can Harvard stay competitive with its peer institutions in providing undergraduates in the sciences with research opportunities...