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...sure now of the wisdom of my opposition to the Vietnam War,” says Thernstrom, who led a Harvard teach-in against the war in the 1960s. “There was a naivete among those of us who opposed the war but did not foresee how terrible the [alternative] regime would...
...decline in numbers of graduate student Teaching Fellows is due in part to the increasing number of research grants, which alleviate the financial need to teach multiple sections. This is excellent for those students and for the University, but damaging to undergraduates who receive a large part of their education from graduate TFs. There is no simple cure for this, although some incentive must be found to lure them back into undergraduate classrooms. With pre-submitted plans of study for each semester, Professors would at least have some help in determining how many assistants they need...
...already started is inconsistent with that goal. Quality instruction requires preparation, often preparation that is very specific to the syllabus of the course. In humanities and social science courses, for example, this preparation often involves mastery of numerous texts or similar materials. A hastily assembled or filled out teaching staff cannot possibly have adequate or uniform preparation. At the same time, graduate students who are unable to plan their academic effort in advance, including that part of their effort devoted to teaching and preparing to teach, cannot possibly make the most effective academic progress. Undergraduate students have made it clear...
...teach-in began with a moment of silence in remembrance of those who had lost their lives in war and, according to McCarthy, “for those lives that stand precariously on the brink of war, including...
Palmer called the teach-in “one moment of hope on an otherwise very gloomy evening...