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...computers—which the TFs will be allowed to keep for personal use once the course is over—are one of several corporate donations engineered by the course’s instructor, David J. Malan...
...founder of Finalsclub.org, a Facebook-meets-Wikipedia Web site meant to meet all your study needs. The site, which is currently being revamped and is set to launch on Oct. 14, contains blog notes of popular Harvard lectures. Past bloggers include students enrolled in the course, as well as TFs. An added component of the site is an interactive forum where users can create an account, make a group, invite friends to join, and assign various tasks (i.e. lecture notes for certain lectures), all in an effort to promote more effective learning and more transparency among study groups...
...administration could take that would benefit students. Extending library hours and outsourcing email (to combat the many problems posed by Webmail) may seem minor, but they have the potential to make significant impacts on the day-to-day life of undergraduates. Outside of University Hall, professors and teaching fellows (TFs) also have certain obligations they must meet in order to foster symbiotic relationships between teachers and students. Changes like promptly posting syllabi, returning final papers and exams, and providing comprehensive grade breakdowns to students should be an essential part of teaching a class. While the beginning of this school year...
...TFs and professors might argue that this requirement would be difficult to implement, but it should require very little additional work, since these assignments must be graded anyway. Writing detailed comments on student work is part of responsible grading, and is something professors and TFs should already doing. This is simply a matter of communication, and hardly a great sacrifice for better education and increased transparency...
Students deserve more than just a letter grade for their work throughout the semester, especially if the way in which the grade was determined is unclear. If professors and TFs receive evaluations from an entire class of students, then they should be required to return the favor and give students feedback on what is often the most important work they did in the class...