Word: theda
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...There was definitely a sense that all faculty could do a better job of developing our skills,” said Theda R. Skocpol, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and chair of the task force...
...inspired choice for president as evidenced by the universal outpouring of support she’s had since the announcement.” Longbrake would not comment directly on the concerns voiced by NAS. Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Theda Skocpol, however, dismissed the concerns of NAS, saying “there will be no artificial quotas and no barriers” at Harvard. “Under President Faust, excellence in teaching and research will the be watchword,” she wrote in an e-mail. Balch said that he believed Faust was chosen...
...Have you had a chance to review the report by the task force on teaching and pedagogy which was led by Dean [Theda] Skocpol...
...really the Faculty’s business,” she said. The president-elect also praised the report by the Task Force on Teaching and Career Development, which examined pedagogy at Harvard and was led by the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Theda Skocpol. She said that “she was struck by the kind of imagination that is demonstrated in the report,” and that the notion of taking the quality of teaching into account in tenure and pay decisions would “encourage people to be the best teachers...
...scheduling flexibility to allow for different class formats, and a push for professors to visit each other’s courses and share teaching materials.Implementation of some of the proposals could start as early as this academic year if they are received favorably by the Faculty and administration, said Theda Skocpol, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the task force’s chair.While Harvard’s teaching quality has often drawn fire from students, the task force’s work represents a remarkably intense piece of internal criticism from a group of senior...