Word: syllabus
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...hacking away all narrative musings not directly pertinent to a novel’s plot, Orion and other abridgers strip novels of their essence. A classic does not become a classic just because it has an interesting story line, or else Stephen King would be on the AP English syllabus. Rather, a work is considered “good” because it points to something deeper, in society or in ourselves, beyond the realm of ordinary human experience. Tolstoy’s genius was to take something as banal as Anna’s infidelity and give...
...Times New Roman in my syllabus,” she said, “but people disregard that sometimes, and it’s the last thing I want to fuss about...
...Coop to get the ISBN numbers of their textbooks. In its meeting last week, the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) discussed a proposal to create a database, the Harvard College Book Information System, where students could find the ISBN numbers of each book on every course syllabus. We wholeheartedly support such an initiative, which would make it easier for students to comparison-shop online and save money on their books. Although the Coop provides the conveniences of centralization and proximity, its virtual monopoly on ISBN numbers of books used in College courses is not one that Harvard administrators should protect...
...since whatever prestige might once have been attached to designing and teaching a Core class has been destroyed, there is no longer any incentive to improve courses for a dying system. Many professors are understandably unwilling to shoehorn their courses into the Core administration’s absurd one-syllabus-fits-all model, which requires midterms and finals. None of these problems are new—they have been mentioned by students for years and were mentioned by the Task Force on General Education last year. But little to nothing is being done to fix these problems for students currently...
...shopping week planning. Many students depend on syllabi in order to purchase books early for classes they are sure they are taking, avoiding the Coop’s high prices while still receiving their materials before the beginning of classes. Professors may think little of putting a syllabus online, but their apathy may cost their students thousands of dollars. In addition, syllabi provide a glimpse of what a course will entail, allowing prospective shoppers to make informed decisions about which of Harvard’s many offerings they should visit come shopping week. The timing of a midterm, a course?...