Word: academicization
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Already, even under the relatively narrow Core, Harvard graduates share little as far as common academic experiences or familiarity with the same body of knowledge and literature that once distinguished those with a university education. The Greek and Roman classics, and the modern canon of “great books?...
In recent years, Harvard graduates could at least have pointed to the more focused programs of their concentrations—with more specific requirements and a rigorous tutorial sequence that supposed to teach the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the discipline. But as concentrations continue to scale back their...
Unless Harvard is content to allow its liberal tradition to become either merely a ticket for some to wealth and fame, or a babysitter for the aimless academic and social pursuits of young adulthood, it must seriously reconsider its educational role.
Pforzheimer House Masters Sue and James J. McCarthy announced early yesterday morning that this year will be their last as the gatekeepers of the College’s most phonetically unfriendly House. The announcement, although not entirely unexpected, was met with a wave of nostalgia from students close to the...
We thought it was time we took Harvard students down a notch. People at Harvard are so stuck up about having the top rank in the U.S. News and World Report rankings, and being the oldest university in the United States, and having the largest academic library in the world...