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...seniors graduate this week and reflect upon their academic life at Harvard, they may ask themselves the question: How well has Harvard taught me to understand others in my world?Those in math, engineering, and the sciences have learned a common language with which to communicate with fellow practitioners across the globe. Those in the social sciences cannot boast such concrete understanding, but Harvard’s Social Studies program has gone a long way toward promoting international concerns. Those in the humanities, however, may despair—although they may know everything there is to know about postwar Georgia...
...there, other than what I had been told all my life. I still believe nearly everything that I was told growing up but now at least I know why and it’s more my belief system than it is something that my parents or my school taught me. So I think it’s been an adjustment but it’s been a great thing. And I can’t imagine having gone anywhere else.”Jenkins’ musing was as unprovoked as it was profound, and it amounted to a ringing...
...Harvard, this kind of analysis is not considered acceptable. Students are taught that “the devil is in the details” by professors who have spent their lives illuminating the many and varied stories that go towards forming the history of a region. In this, Harvard generally does an excellent job. The biggest challenge for academics is to get a wider hearing without diluting their message. It is also a responsibility that they pass onto their graduating students...
Sixteen of these classes will be taught in Fall 2008, and 20 will be taught in Spring...
...committee chair Jay M. Harris said that he's hoping for 64 Gen Ed classes to be taught per semester...