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Faculty Back Expansion of Advising
Professors expressed broad approval for bolstering and expanding pre-concentration advising at a meeting of the full Faculty yesterday, with many
Faculty Discuss Gen Ed Report
At yesterday’s meeting of the full Faculty, professors broadly supported replacing the Core Curriculum with a system of distributional requirements,
Faculty Discusses Concentrations
Professors challenged proposed “secondary fields” and course caps on concentrations as the Faculty debated a recently released Curricular Review report
Faculty Discuss Concentrations
The curricular review’s Educational Policy Committee (EPC) recommended yesterday that joint concentrations be eliminated in favor of “secondary fields” akin
Stalled Review Inches Ahead
The Harvard College Curricular Review's Educational Policy Committee (EPC) will release a report of its work to the Faculty on
Faculty Examine Gen Ed Report
Members of the Faculty Council—the 18-member governing body of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—considered a draft version of the
Faculty Council Looks to Future
By SARA E. POLSKY Crimson Staff Writer Even before Harvard undergraduates had settled into their dorms for the start of
Fewer Faculty To Be Hired
Concerns about faculty hiring dominated the semester’s first full meeting of the Faculty yesterday, overshadowing a potentially contentious discussion of
Faculty Will Debate Harper’s Departure
The same professor who last March introduced the vote of no confidence in University President Lawrence H. Summers has called
Storm Recasts Study of Gulf Coast
Though academics who research New Orleans culture and history say they believe Hurricane Katrina did not destroy evidence important in
Oppenheimer Searches for Religious Spirituality
John Harvard might take offense at the suggestion that he only became a man in February of 2003, when Hillel
Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling
If any one figure can rival University President Lawrence H. Summers for inspiring the widest range of public opinion and
An Open Door, But for Whom?
Mia Riverton ’99—a performer since age four—knew she wanted to go into the entertainment industry when she graduated from Harvard.
Shopping for Diversity
Professors who have long urged Harvard to implement reforms benefiting female faculty members say they found an administrative ear this
Outstripping Goals
Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby said it was “virtually certain” that Harvard will have surpassed his predecessor’s goal
