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...Each symposium has been organized and sponsored by one of Harvard's 10 faculties or by Radcliffe College and most panelists say they plan to attend other seminars in addition to their...
...University is using the symposia "to say to its family 'here's what the present understanding is in a wide array of subjects,'" says Gamble Professor of Population Sciences David E. Bell who will lead the symposium entitled "Population Change in Today's World." Bell comments about his seminar, "We're not attempting to impress the scholars of the world or indicate what the reseach frontiers...
Epoch-making or not, the symposia will uncover new turf for even the most experienced professor. "I don't think [my symposium] will be completely old hat to people who have some familiarity with the field," Carman says...
Many seminars will have lengthy discussion periods designed to give people the opportunity to voice more complicated concerns. Professor of Chinese Literature Patrick D. Hanan says that although his symposium, "Contemporary China: Intellectual and Literary Issues," will "have the broad range of a general education course, the panel includes the leading experts who can answer the special, detailed questions...
...exception to the rule will be Mills' symposium, entitled "People in American Business: Current and Future Issues in the Workplace." Mills plans to announce new results from his ongoing study of workers in technological fields...