Word: tan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After the 1995 effort petered out, the movement had a two-year lull. But then, in 1997, Michael K.T. Tan '01 and Nancy G. Lin '99-'00 decided they wanted to organize a revival. They worked on the Academic Affairs Committee...
...Harvard's points of pride, its decentralization, became their main obstacle and was one of many factors eventually causing their effort to peter out, Tan said...
They paired concentrators with their departments, but Tan says it was a challenge for the students to familiarize themselves with individual department budgets, internal politics and individuals. And because there are so many departments, it was an even more daunting task...
...Everyone passes the buck," Tan says...
...Tan adds he thinks it is more difficult to mobilize students around academic issues. Harvard's system and hiring practices make it difficult for students unaided by faculty or administrators to accomplish change...