
Curricular Review: Redefining a World-Class Education
	Introduction to the Curricular Review	3:38
	A Harvard Education: Two Tensions	7:18
	Concentrations, Calendars, and Contexts	7:08
	Audience Question & Answer: Part One	9:47
	Audience Question & Answer: Part Two	11:50
History, Structure, and Content of American Academic Culture		41:39

	Audience Question & Answer: Part One
	<b>Question: </b>I'm concerned about one thing in science literacy. The students who come (to Harvard) and have decided, as freshmen, that under no circumstances do they want anything to do with math or science. It was a horrible experience for whatever reason. How are we going to deal with that? <br> <br> <b>Question: </b>You referred to it briefly. How are you going to address the whole area of communication? How to get people, important in every field, to be able to communicate effectively and succinctly? <br> <br> <b>Question: </b>Learning is a life long process. I went to Harvard thinking I was going to major in Math at first, but when I got here, I realized my Math and Harvard's Math were two completely different things, so I quickly changed to government. The greatest danger that you have ahead of you is trying to teach a lot of people, with very different interests, everything they may possibly need in life. The greatest thing that I took away from Harvard is my ability to know how to learn and how to think. Analytical skills can be developed in any discipline, and in any subject. <br> <br> <b>Question: </b>My biggest handicap has been that I'm not fluent in another language. That's true of Americans. All of the educated people that I meet around the world speak at least two or three languages. What about having a requirement that you become fluent in a second language? <br> <br> <b>Question: </b>Is there any thought being given to including the study of women, sort of across the Core, and not just in women's studies? For example, women and economic development. <br> <br> <b>Question: </b>A tutor changed my intellectual life. Is there room for tutors and tutorials? <br> <br>

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