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...business skills. “It brought a dimension of experience and understanding about management, but it also reflected an understanding of translating the kind of work we do at Harvard into a wider axis and the wider world.” ‘A DIFFERENT KIND OF TEACHING??Smith, who says he never envisioned becoming a professor—let alone a dean—started working in the private sector as soon as he graduated from Princeton in 1983. He began his career in an advanced engineering program at Honeywell Information Systems, where he worked...

Author: By Johannah S. Cornblatt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dean Stands on Business Smarts | 11/6/2007 | See Source »

...addition, I had previously understood the Derek Bok Center of Teaching??s help to be offered for our independently pursued project. It would be unfortunate for all of us, especially undergraduates, if any part of Harvard’s administration decreased the chance of success for this program. Though I hope that training can continue for the undergraduates, this program’s greatest strength is its basis on independent student initiative and our consultation with faculty and administration to ensure its effectiveness...

Author: By Ryan A. Petersen | Title: Bok Center Should Collaborate With the UC | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

Those faculty members who actually enjoy teaching??that is, the practice of encouraging learning, rather than the rote imparting of knowledge—should be encouraged to teach. So should non-faculty instructors, already in our midst, who are largely barred from doing so because of administrative restrictions...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Our Underachieving Faculty | 12/12/2006 | See Source »

...estate of Thomas T. Hoopes ’19, is recognized as one of Harvard’s most prestigious awards. It exists to reward “outstanding scholarly work or research,” and to promote “excellence in the art of teaching?? as well as to enhance “the quality of education,” according to the entry form.“I won’t say that [the Hoopes Prize] was the primary reason motivating my thesis but I think it’s a very important...

Author: By Alexandra C. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 74 Seniors Win Hoopes | 5/12/2006 | See Source »

...sweeping curricula.That’s not to say such faculty don’t exist. Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel’s Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice,” is the textbook example. But in many cases, students end up with team teaching??for example, Biological Sciences 56, which boasts four professors on top of a full staff of teaching fellows. Such courses lack continuity and are only as good as the weakest link.The solution is simple: full-time teachers. It is no secret that the best researchers are not always...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Reinventing Harvard’s Teachers | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

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