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Another concern raised at yesterday’s meeting involved the timing of an early registration system. Faculty would need to plan leaves of absence, new courses and course syllabi much earlier in the year than they currently...
...search for “Heaney” on Harvard’s website will yield over 200 hits. You’ll find his essays, translations and poems on dozens of syllabi. And this year, he is the center of at least two courses taught by English faculty: “Beowolf and Seamus Heaney,“ offered by Daniel Donoghue through the Extension School, and “The Poetry of Seamus Heaney,” a junior seminar with Helen Vendler, author of two books about...
...economics, and English. What I found was that all of the courses I shopped—and indeed the better part of the courses offered—were not taught by regular term Harvard faculty and followed very different—that is, very much watered-down—syllabi from similar courses taught during the regular year. And, perhaps most importantly, they had a constituency composed in large part of high school students and students from other colleges and universities...
Moreover, many courses integrated components into their syllabi that dealt with terrorism and some new courses were created. Historical Studies A-12, “International Conflict and Cooperation,” the brain-child of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that is currently taught by Harvard College Professor and Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs Stephen Peter Rosen and Professor of Government Andrew Moravcsik, included a new component that discussed the war on terrorism and the importance of transnational terrorism in international relations theory. Additionally, Rosen pledged $5,000 to further the study of national security...
...Smith said during the council debate over his bill that it was more difficult for Harvard professors to coordinate the exchange of syllabi or other course information necessary for approval because of the University’s carefully maintained distance from ROTC...