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Then, once the previously-bewildered enroll, Harvard life gets simpler, the intuition runs. Foreign names like “Mather” eventually take on a determinate geographic location, class schedules are ironed out, and these once-unaware students figure out what it means to be at Harvard.
But the last part of this story, unfortunately, only sometimes holds true. When, for example, the Class of 2014 accepts their offers, they will join a community, but it’s not at all clear what identifies our community here at Harvard.
Yet, the task force’s modesty concerning anything an educated person should know prevents it from establishing any sort of educational standard. If you were to read through the rest of the Gen Ed report, you’d find that the task force never does...
This appraisal might seem correct, but some readers might not take issue at Harvard’s individualistic approach. After all, it seems that the idea of community at a university is not appropriate in today’s spirit of modern equality. Each student, free to make of his...
Answering the question of “what makes a student educated?” without reference to specific content is a good way to ensure that academics do not serve as the basis of community. The modern university seems uncomfortable with the language of common pursuits. Instead, as the...