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In 2005, nearly one-fourth of my 25th reunion class formed Harvard Alumni for Social Action (HASA) to try to make improving education for the world’s poorest students part of Harvard’s development approach. We lobbied Harvard to allow our class to set up an...
Wherefore art thou, concentration requirements?Harvard’s English department has been asking itself this question since last spring, when a task force convened to evaluate the current requirements for concentrators. The task force’s proposal to overhaul the English curriculum was overwhelmingly approved by the department...
This letter was sent by FAS academic deans on Monday, Dec. 8.
We intend to resume searches once the financial situation turns around. At that time, we plan to allow departments to proceed with their original searches or to switch those searches to new fields, so long as they align with the departments’ academic plans. Thus, it is imperative that...
But beyond Faculty hiring—which was already in a “pause” period as of April—guidelines for assessing research priorities and other academic costs at a departmental level are still unavailable, making the implications of the financial crisis difficult to understand for...