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...syllabus that was originally submitted to the Committee on Historical Studies did not say “take-home final,” but simply “final exam,” Lewis said...
...status as Harvard students is one of the major drawcards. In stark contrast to the attitudes sorrounding other, somewhat ill-reputed study guides on the market, Yagan asserts that “teachers and parents actually like their kids to read Sparknotes…we are even on the syllabus in some schools”. Hawkins contests that the “study guides such as Cliff’s Notes and Monarch notes are outdated, some written pre-Cold War, lack the freshness that is a hallmark of Sparknotes.” He then goes on to argue that...
...pupils returned to class. Some students needed surrogate parents, others just answers to the very questions vexing their teachers. Consequently, schools that in recent years have banished emotions and hugs as they have Bibles spent whole periods probing feelings. This swiftly became American history week, no matter what the syllabus said...
...program will be those outside of Cambridge. By using OpenCourseWare, teachers can benefit from the expertise that has gone into crafting the MIT curriculum; education researchers can debate what topics should be included in standard courses; high-schoolers without access to quality instruction can download a syllabus and check out a textbook from a public library. Universities frequently spend millions in public-relations gestures to demonstrate the benefits they offer to the outside world; OpenCourseWare could be far more effective in promoting learning at far less cost...
Furthermore, if this material is to be on the Web for students, it should be made accessible to all Internet users. Digital information exchange changes the old equation of the exclusive university. Reading a syllabus is not like checking out a book from Widener Library—students would not be inhibited in their use of Harvard’s resources should others be allowed to benefit as well. If the marginal cost of transmitting these resources to others approaches zero, Harvard should not impose an artificial scarcity. As a global institution of higher education, Harvard has a responsibility...