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...lesson that the Task Force on Teaching and Career Development, whose report, released in late January, highlighted the sobering state of the College’s "culture of teaching," would do well to note. By assigning the blame for Harvard’s pedagogical deficiencies wholly to the Faculty with scant mention of undergraduates and their own dismal culture of learning, the Task Force has failed to seize an opportunity of great magnitude...
Surely, neither the suggestions nor the criticisms of the Task Force’s report should be belittled. The institutional prioritization of teaching, as indicated by the report’s proposal that departments award superlative instruction when considering both tenure appointments and pay raises, is a welcome reform. To the extent that its proposed improvements to the "civic culture of teaching" will enhance the undergraduate experience, the report is a well-timed and thoughtful affirmation of the university’s commitment to its students...
According to the finalized General Education Report, the proper theory of the purpose of liberal arts is the equivalent of making students better American citizens by reading the newspapers. The Task Force has given us a brand new idea of how liberal arts should be taught, the selection of which only shows us that apparently, all the good ideas are already taken...
Harvard needs to learn from history and avoid replacing one academic fad with another. The Task Force’s focus on “today’s issues” is just as arbitrary and transient as the “ways of learning” system developed and introduced in 1979. Nothing in the new General Education proposal convinces me that within thirty years another revamping won’t be needed. Instead the College needs to foster a return to liberal arts proper—a place where knowledge is not taught to develop abstract modes...
...Bulldogs also have done very well against the Crimson recently. They swept Harvard last year, and, having already won at Lavietes Pavilion, needs only to win on Saturday at the John J. Lee Amphitheatre to complete the season sweep. The Crimson faces a daunting task if it wants to avoid an oh-for against its rival for the second consecutive season. Lee Amphitheatre may be the most difficult place to play in the Ivy League, thanks to its acoustics and the swarms of loud students packed very close to the court. Harvard has not won at that arena since...