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Herein lies the problem with Harvard’s value-neutral Core: Western society is better than its alternatives. The “dead white men” whom multiculturalists demean—as if syllabi focusing on the likes of Mark Twain and F. Scott Fitzgerald marginalize women and minorities—in fact encourage inquiries that invalidate the grotesque marginalization observed in other societies. Shakespeare, for example, challenges students to discover human truths transcending the perspective of any one ethnic group or gender...
...reselling them on campus at significantly reduced prices. With little additional effort, professors may also be able to find lower cost versions of specific texts for use in their courses. Professors can also help students avoid unnecessarily inflated prices by making a practice of planning and posting their course syllabi farther in advance of the start of class. If students know their book needs early enough, they can make overseas purchases and get the texts delivered on time...
...tossed out, giving rise to the Core, which was supposed to teach students methods to “approach knowledge.” Yet, in its current implementation, most Historical Studies courses do not teach “approaches” to history; they teach history itself. Most syllabi to be found in the Core will be more or less blunt about the fact that little separates the course from a real history course, except, of course, for the fact that it arbitrarily counts to fulfill a Core requirement...
Students clutching syllabi sat on windowsills and spilled out into the hallway, craning their necks to catch a glimpse of Barker Professor of Economics Stephen A. Marglin ’59 as he discussed the rationale for his new introductory economics course...
...inch along on thesis research. A project that I began early—mostly out of fear—has quickly become the centerpiece of my summer, an opportunity to investigate the topic I like best at a pace of my own choosing. Deadlines now hidden away on syllabi in last year’s binders, I create my own schedule, deciding which books I will read and when...