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...Harvard syllabi often feature the same name under “Course Head” and “Required Reading,” but what goes into the decision to assign one’s own book to unsuspecting students? FM took a look at two different philosophies behind this age-old practice...
...with the Coop, or even the UC. The problem is that professors are not taking simple steps to make it easy for their students to obtain course books at low cost. The solution is almost too obvious: professors should publish the ISBN numbers of course-required texts in syllabi and course-wide emails in order to facilitate easy ordering by students. This is not an unreasonable request, given that professors submit their reading lists to the Coop several weeks before the semester begins. Additionally, professors ought to design the first week or so of their courses in such...
...higher education to a broad swath of the general public—is urgent and worthy enough to be shared by the entire University, at least through avenues that would not detract from the learning of other Harvard students. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, offers unlimited access to syllabi, handouts, and other non-sensitive course documents on its Web site. FAS should do the same...
With three fresh courses on the course menu for this spring mandating a community service component, students are increasingly seeing syllabi in which homework entails more than required reading. In a new collaboration, the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), and the Harvard Public Service Network held an information session yesterday to introduce students to 10 “activity-based learning” classes, three of which haven’t been offered before. Each of the courses includes community service to prompt students to draw from a volunteer experience...
...September, the first day of shopping period looms just over two weeks away. Courses need to be selected, and academic plans need to be formed. Faculty members can assist students with this process by doing something that’s both remarkably easy and enormously helpful: posting the syllabi of spring semester courses online during reading period. Students can shop only so many courses during shopping period, and the rapid pace and short duration of this week are not ideal for thoughtful consideration of academic options. By posting syllabi earlier, professors can help students avoid having to piece together shopping...