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...don’t want to break any traditions??we want to innovate the traditions,” says Maria Luisa F. Mansfield of the Institute for Urban Development, who acts as a bridge between the Harvard Ceramics Program and Casas de la Esperanza...
...Thus, the question of whether the Faculty—with its elaborate bureaucracy and deeply ingrained traditions??will actually adopt most of Skocpol’s reforms is an open one. “It depends entirely on the commitment of the next dean to make sure that these go forward,” she said...
...reference to the $350 pricetag at Lincoln’s Inn. Under the new plans, the house will be run by a board of three directors, headed by Law School student Elizabeth A. Russo. While the Lincoln’s Inn board was forced to resign, Russo said many traditions??such as the Winter Dinner—will be kept. “I see it as kind of an alliance to sort of help get the board rolling with all the new things, but HL Central is really going to take the lead with the renovations...
Primal Scream, like so many other features of Harvard life, is filled with tradition. And symbolic traditions??ranging from the state (anthems, flags), to religious creeds (Mecca, Stars of David)—keep institutions alive...
Harvard is also beholden to tradition. For instance, whereas most Universities have a larger board of directors, many of whom are elected, Harvard continues to use a model conceived of in 1650: a seven-member, self-selecting, and secretive corporation. Other traditions??like final clubs, the house system, and shopping period—apply less to University governance, bust are still part of the zeitgeist of the school that need to be understood before policy is made. These traditions also act as obstacles and create a tremendous amount of inertia. A new president needs to understand them...