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...field. It was to be a place to shout out crazy ideas, to debate and wrestle with complicated issues, and generally look forward to attending every week. My impression was about as wrong as the O.J. Simpson jury.The most tangible problem with sections is the people who teach them. TFs, with rare exception, tend to fall into one of two categories. Either they are disinterested and aloof, primarily using their section time as a chance to hit on undergraduate girls, or they are lacking confidence—confused and naïve to the point where they seem to know...
...through the Harvard Extension School are virtually guaranteed space in the course because they are able to watch the lectures on video. Participation in a class of 1,000 is already a relative term. And, with the debut of an online blog on which Sandel, students, and Teaching Fellows (TFs) regularly post, participation has become easier than ever...
Real participation happens in sections, which will have to grow as well. This year, TFs teaching only one section should be encouraged to take on another in order to pull students off the waitlist. Next year, advanced planning can increase the number of qualified TFs...
...should harness this competition. It should widen its list of “Print Partners” to include out-of-region options based on positive feedback from the professors who have used them. That way, courses with professors and head TFs who have the time and motivation to shop around their article lists can get quotes from many different companies, not just Gnomon and the Coop, potentially leading to lower costs. We doubt, at least at first, that many course leaders will expend the effort to do this. Instead, they will take the easiest path and continue using...
...much pressure to lower prices as students and professors can exert. This situation is unlikely to change anytime soon. However, through some of the simple steps outlined—using e-resources, submitting reading lists earlier, remaining compatible with old editions, and avoiding switching textbooks—professors and TFs can begin to exert this pressure, and save students money in the process. Our community of educated minds must become a community of educated consumers...