Academics
'Justice' Diversifies Discussion Globally
Students in classrooms across three continents met online Friday morning to discuss questions of ethics as part of Michael J. Sandel’s efforts to create a global learning environment.
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As part of an innovative educational experiment titled The Global Classroom, Government Professor Michael Sandel conducts lecture before students of the University of Shangai, Tokyo, Sao Paulo and New Delhi through a live, video‐linked class discussion. Harvard students in his "Justice" course had the opportunity to join this international discussion.
Yale Dean Discourages Take-Home Exams After Harvard Cheating Scandal
As a Harvard committee looks to examine the proper place of take-home exams in undergraduate courses in the wake of this fall’s massive cheating investigation, Yale administrators have discouraged their own faculty from administering take-home finals in response to the scandal at Harvard.
Students To Distribute $100K in Grants Through New Philanthropy Course
While most Harvard College students focus on what they will take away from a course, students who enroll in Sociology 152: “Philanthropy and Public Problem-Solving” this spring will have the opportunity to give back—in the form of $100,000 in grants to Boston-area non-profits of their choice.
Deflated Princetonians Take Comfort in GPA Converter
It seems like someone in New Jersey is still disappointed they didn't get into Harvard. Fortunately, all those tigers who are licking their academic wounds from last semester can take comfort in a new website that purports to convert Princeton students' GPAs into slightly higher Harvard equivalents. Flyby can only assume that the site was generously created by a Princetonian hoping to fuel his classmates' fantasies about how much better their lives would have been had they gone to Harvard instead.
The Other Harvard-Yale Game
As the Crimson and the Bulldogs faced off on the football field on Saturday, other Harvardians and Yalies were battling in the boardroom.
The 2013 Phi Beta Kappa 48
Phi Betta Kappa Fall 48 is announced for Class of 2013, alphabetical by House:
New Concentration Offerings Attract Pre-Professionals
While Harvard’s new concentration options seemingly lend themselves to distinct career paths for undergraduates, professors insist that they are not purely pre-professional and do align with the College’s liberal arts philosophy.
Registrar Digitalizes Midterm Grade Submission System
The College has overhauled the system used by faculty members to report their students’ midterm progress grades. A new online portal was launched earlier this month to allow professors to submit progress reports for struggling students to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ registrar’s office at any point during the term.
Ad Board's Advising System Faces Criticism
As the massive Government 1310 scandal places unprecedented demands on the resident deans who are responsible for guiding their own students through the process and deliberating on the fates of dozens of others, critics say that the resident dean’s contradictory role is brought into even sharper focus.
University of Texas Joins Harvard-Founded edX
The University of Texas announced its participation in the Harvard- and MIT-founded online education venture edX at a press conference Monday morning.
College Fills Gaps With New Concentration Offerings
If it had not been for the new architecture studies track in the History of Art and Architecture department, Benjamin Lopez ’15 would have been “pretty ready to transfer” out of Harvard.
