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...begin somewhere—and preferably with the first few days of class. The report’s “new” ideas for faculty are really rehashes of things teachers should know to do anyway, but for some reason frequently don’t: posting syllabi on course websites early and often; completing class lotteries before Study Card day; and coordinating sectioning efficiently...
Preparing for the imminent rush of midterms and papers—students’ first brush with academic accountability—mid-semester is the time when Harvard students finally get into their groove. We’ve critically shopped our classes, poured over syllabi and now we’re just settling into our sections. Of course, it wouldn’t be too bold to say that our sections are the most significant aspect of our Harvard learning experience. Most of us desperately try to get into a “good section?...
Last week’s report to the CUE recommends a number of common-sense solutions to solve these problems. The most important, is having professors post syllabi and lottery details to the Internet far in advance of the first day of classes. Right now, some professors—especially those with active head teaching fellows—get their course information up on the web quickly, in time to aid student shopping. There are plenty of others, though, who don’t even bother to well into the term. If they would get their acts together, professors could...
...recommendations for professors included putting complete course syllabi, videos of a representative lecture and lottery details online before shopping period...
Speaking of fact-checking: Kavulla also asserts that my two largest lecture courses are interchangeable, when the syllabi contain only three short articles that overlap. Most of the interview guests are new; but even those who are returning, such as the philanthropist Swanee Hunt, answer an entirely new set of student questions...