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...teaching hotline.” Conceived as a supplement to end-of-the-semester CUE evaluations, this program will hopefully enable students to improve their classes as soon as pedagogical problems arise. While we are confident, especially in light of the recent report issued by the Task Force on Teaching and Career Development, that Harvard’s students, teaching fellows (TFs), and faculty members all share the goal of improving teaching, this service will undoubtedly catch disapproving eyes. We hope, however, that through the thoughtful contributions of undergraduates and the cooperation of willing TFs and professors, this program will...
...belief that the teaching hotline, rather than perpetuating sensitivity and distance, will institute a process of cultural change at Harvard. For too long, we have considered evaluation an event. This includes the semi-annual CUE evaluations but also extends to the intelligence reports submitted by committees and task forces on structural improvements that Harvard should implement. While these large undertakings are incredibly valuable, they largely aim at invoking change beyond the immediate future. It is time that we supplement the community event of evaluation with a regular community practice capable of addressing concerns and flaws at once. By making evaluation...
...have the responsibility to thoughtfully and consistently make use of the new hotline. Likewise, both TFs and professors will have to vigorously employ the new knowledge provided by this resource to improve teaching in their classrooms. Like so many of the positive changes astir in the College today, the task of improving teaching requires a partnership between students and educators. We hope the teaching hotline acts as a first step in strengthening that partnership...
...It’s clear that the Faculty is going to go ahead with some version of what we’ve proposed,” Bass Professor of English Louis Menand, who co-chaired the task force that authored the report, said at the close of the meeting...
...last two faculty meetings, professors assailed the committee’s preliminary October report, challenging both the proposal’s specific recommendations and its overall mission. Since those meetings, the task force refined its vision for general education...