Word: sciencesã
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...Harvard’s individual schools ultimately decide the fate of endowment payouts. In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences??€”Harvard’s largest school—turning the pot of gold into a currency that students and faculty can use is the job of University Hall, the administrative headquarters...
...Although her changes created a department in many ways unlike others of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences??€”for one thing, VES has only four tenured faculty members—Phelan’s decisions were necessary to improve Harvards art instruction and encourage the study and practice of the arts. Aspiring artists should not be limited to the study of theories of painting, sculpting and film in an academic context; they must be exposed to a variety of styles, and must be able to implement these theories in creative work and create original pieces...
...also encourage all Harvard professors to have their lectures videotaped and available online. Some professors—especially in the sciences??€”have already adopted this practice, so that students may review a lecture that they did not understand or missed due to illness. Placing lectures on the Web would likely have little more effect on class attendance than keeping the tapes on reserve in libraries, and any such effect would only spur professors to take more questions and interact with students to a greater degree. Online lectures would also be a benefit to Harvard students not enrolled...