Word: academicization
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Harvard current curriculum unquestionably succeeds at producing a cadre of indolent intellectuals each year, nursed on the bile of postmodern theory and trendy academic prejudices. But, unsurprisingly, it neglects perhaps the most important consideration in graduating socially-responsible and decent human beings: character. A traditional education, focused on the classics...
Controversial Slavic author Dubravka Ugresicc shared how her experiences traveling throughout the globe has affected her writing and warned against the strict categorization of writers by their nationality in an address at the Barker Center on Friday afternoon. Despite the dreary weather, the event attracted a diverse audience of about...
Harvard’s defensive line took a hit when captain Brad Bagdis ’08 graduated in June. But with the return of brothers senior Desmond and junior Brenton Bryant—both back from taking an academic leave of absence—the net gain for the...
According to Richard H. Fallon, a professor at the Law School, the faculty raised concerns over the extent to which the new system will blur academic distinctions among students. Since Harvard is more than twice the size of both Stanford and Yale, many more students will graduate with similar-looking...
When Edward C. Forst ’82 left Goldman Sachs this summer to become Harvard’s first executive vice president, it appeared he had left the finance world behind—until an old friend called. “We had a fabulous three weeks with him...