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...Prior to Summers’ tenure as president, there had only been two female deans. He appointed two in his first two years. A majority of University vice presidents he has appointed have been women. He has pushed to reform of the undergraduate curriculum, including an elimination of the Core and replacing it with a curriculum with greater emphasis on student-faculty contact and study abroad initiatives. He has played an important role in the hiring of some of Harvard’s newest and brightest faculty, including Tisch Professor of History Niall Ferguson, Professor of Systems Biology Eric Lander...
...other professors that teach the classes Douthat cites concede that he’s at least right about the lack of breadth in Core classes...
...author is referring to some of the themes represented [in the Core] as being more specific than general,” says Professor of Psychology Richard J. McNally, whose Social Analysis Core “Psychological Trauma” is described as the “obscure” alternative to Ec 10, “then I think he may very well have a point.” Translation: touch?...
Harvard’s Core Curriculum frequently fails to meet this standard and Douthat is right to criticize it. He is wrong, however, to insist that Harvard College become Harvard High. College students—at Harvard or anywhere else—are not babies. This is not high school anymore and students cannot be forced to learn, or to be engaged academically...
...can’t all be academics. Obviously, not every history concentrator will go on to be a history professor. Still, I admire the department for preparing each of its students for this route. At its core, the University is and must be treated as a place of academic learning. We are here to learn in our classes, from our professors, above all else—or at least we should...