Word: wolfsons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Instead of crafting a meaningful statement on what it means to be educated in today’s world, professors only seemed to care that their parochial corner of academia be included, leaving Harvard with an uninspired retread of the Core Curriculum. It will be up to Smith and Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris, who will lead the General Education committee which is to implement the Review’s findings, to breathe life and coherence into the new curriculum.Furthermore, the Faculty repeatedly balked at making teaching evaluations mandatory for all courses. Far from creating...
...study, including, among others, “Culture and Belief,” “The United States and the World,” and “Science of the Physical Universe.” Professors will apply to the Standing Committee on General Education, chaired by Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris, for their course to be accepted to one of the eight fields. This framework hopes to eschew the liabilities of the Core, most notably its limited choice and poor course selection, through a more judicious and broadly conceived review process...
...number of the Cabot staff and students, friendships that she credits with keeping him at the House for so long. “I think that the job gave him a lot of contacts with people which he really enjoyed,” she said. Cabot House Master and Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris noted that Ketelhohn’s many years of experience made him an irreplaceable presence in the House. “Obviously it’s a great tragedy,” he said. “It will be many years before...
...future table of general education offerings at Harvard now has a chair. Jay M. Harris, Wolfson professor of Jewish studies, has been selected to lead the General Education Standing Committee, Interim Dean of the Faculty David R. Pilbeam announced in a letter sent to professors late Wednesday afternoon. The popular master of Cabot House has been an active participant in discussions surrounding the curricular review since its inception. Under Harris’s leadership, the standing committee will be responsible for determining how to implement the University’s first new program of general education in a generation...
...Harris, Wolfson professor of Jewish studies, has been selected to lead the General Education Standing Committee, Interim Dean of the Faculty David R. Pilbeam announced in a letter sent to professors late Wednesday afternoon...