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...BLUEPRINT WITHOUT BACKINGBefore the decision to adopt a University-wide academic schedule, a number of Harvard’s graduate schools—including the Kennedy School, Medical School, and School of Public Heath—already included a J-Term in their calendars. After six months of consideration, Verba??s committee recommended that the entire University convert to a calendar of two four-month semesters separated by a one-month break.The report suggested that each of Harvard’s schools determine “how, or whether, they wish to use the January time period based...
Calendar reform has been a perennial issue at Harvard. In September 2003, then-University President Lawrence H. Summers, Provost Steven E. Hyman, and the University’s deans publicly supported a universal calendar for Harvard’s schools and announced the creation of Verba??s cross-school committee...
...favored reform.LONG IN COMING Calendar reform has been a perennial issue at Harvard. In September 2003, then-University President Lawrence H. Summers, Provost Steven E. Hyman, and the University’s deans publicly supported a universal calendar for Harvard’s schools and announced the creation of Verba??s cross-school committee.Six months later, the committee published a report embracing a University-wide calendar with a “4-1-4” schedule—two four-month semesters, with a one-month “J-term” in between...
...Ryan A. Petersen ’08 swiftly followed the referendum results with a letter to Bok demanding an audience with the Corporation at which council representatives planned to present their proposal. While Petersen’s demand was denied, Bok soon threw his hat into the ring. Citing Verba??s committee and the UC report, he wrote in a message to the Harvard community that “it seems only appropriate and fair to offer all interested parties an opportunity to be heard so that we may have a full range of arguments and views...
Robert C. Darnton ‘60 was recently announced as Verba??s successor. As the head of Harvard’s massive and sprawling network of libraries, Darnton will face the immense challenge of living up to Verba??s legacy and making Harvard’s collection increasingly accessible and usable. The ongoing project of digitization will be the most visisble project of Darnton’s tenure, but less prominent issues such as dealing with budget and space constraints and facilitating online course-packs will have a similarly important impact on Harvard?...