Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many members of the HUC view this move as consistent with the ever-increasing efforts to maximize interaction between Harvard men and Cliffies. By sharing social experiences such as dining as well as formal academic instruction in the classroom, it is hoped that more of the advantages of coeducation may be realized...
...believe, the majority of the Faculty of the Graduate School of Design, are in full accord with the statement of the 113 members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on February 17 and the response of President Pusey. The intrusion of students into a classroom a Hunt Hall for the purpose of influencing the content of a course was an extremely serious infringement of academic freedom and threat to the foundations of the university community...
...intrusion into the classroom cannot be condoned. Dr. Breuning's willingness to seek a positive solution, and the students' willingness to discuss their disagreement in good faith have substantially mollified the impact of the original event. The incident has served to elicit a clear statement of University policy in an area of fundamental importance which can now serve as a guideline to all members of the Harvard community should further events of a similar nature ever arise...
...service for every social and scientific problem. That concept, according to Barzun, has destroyed what limited good the university could do by distracting its energy from teaching. And the notion that higher education should be open to all has skyrocketed the budget, drastically increased the teaching load, and made classroom chores doubly undesirable. The faculty responded by giving up and withdrawing to their offices or laboratories to write books and "do original work." The prevailing belief among scientists, agency heads, business vice-presidents, philanthropists, college publicity directors and tax-payers is that only research gives justification to the enterprise...
...that ROTC instructors do present biased views in an attempt to put forth any particular ideological or policy view. Further, the military discipline to which the ROTC member must submit during his summer obligations and during his term-time marching and other training obligations does not extend to the classroom, and no uniforms are worn by ROTC members in classes. It is conceivable that in a ROTC course there would be the greatest freedom of expression and no attempt to propagandize any particular policy view. Each ROTC instructor must decide for himself how he views policy matters. But even...