Word: vision
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...have an obligation, in short, to continue to carry out Lowell’s vision (crafted as he struggled against “the spirit of the age, which is materialistic and plutocratic”) and ensure that Harvard’s nearly 80-year-old experiment in House life continues, updated and energized...
...SFJB, however, is not the answer to the numerous problems of the Ad Board. A loss of institutional memory has left the proceedings of the SFJB just as shrouded if not more, than the Administrative Board. What we do know about the SFJB, though, is in line with our vision of appropriate institutional reform. Options for student representation and more transparent procedures, for example, are qualities that that are appropriate in any fair decision-making body, especially one that handles issues affecting the larger student community. Even with the SFJB in use, general issues with the Ad Board?...
...position we are in is very exciting,” CPIC Coordinator Amanda S. Glynn said. “It seems that everyone is rallying around to make CPIC’s vision of supporting students in public service happen...
...context of a residential system with a distinct philosophy that dates back to President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877.According to Levi, Lowell conceived of the current housing system in response to the economic stratification in College housing in the early 20th century.Lowell’s vision challenged “the Gold Coast clubs that were the providence of the very wealthy at Harvard,” Levi said. “The attempt was to democratize the benefits of living on campus.” A VISION REVISITEDBut according to some, Lowell’s vision...
...Choice” has indeed been a watchword in campus curricular conversations of late. While the recently-concluded curricular review dithered about outlining a vision for general education in the 21st century, most students’ complaints continued to center less on pedagogical philosophy than on the paucity of options for fulfilling Core requirements. Incoming students no longer have to choose—as we seniors, the last of an older generation, had to—their concentration in their freshman year, ostensibly to permit, through more freedom to sample various disciplines, thus a more meaningful choice of study. Departments...