General Education Essays
The Booklet, "Essays on General Education in Harvard College," which includes each of the essays below is available from the Office of the Curricular Review, University Hall, Ground Floor, 617-496-0218.
Preface from William Kirby, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor Peter Bol, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
ANOTHER GENERATION OF GENERAL EDUCATION
Professor Julie Buckler, Slavic Languages and Literatures
TOWARDS A NEW MODEL OF GENERAL EDUCATION AT HARVARD
Professor Jorge Dominguez, Government
LIBERAL EDUCATION AT HARVARD IN THIS NEW CENTURY
Professor James Engell, English and American Literature and Language; Comparative Literature
ONLY THIS: CONNECT
Professor Peter Galison, History of Science
IF WISHES WERE HORSES: A THOROUGHLY IMPRACTICAL PROPOSAL OR TWO
Professor Marjorie Garber, English and American Literature and Language; Visual and Environmental Studies
GENERAL EDUCATION
Professor Edward Glaeser, Economics
THE FUTURE OF A HARVARD EDUCATION
Professor Peter Gomes, Religion
MODESTY, AMBITION AND IMAGINATION: AN ESSAY ON CURRICULAR REFORM AT HARVARD COLLEGE
Reference: "Who Owns Our Values?" John Strassburger essay
Reference: "Distinctively American" Daedalus Winter 1999
Professor Stephen Greenblatt, English and American Literature and Language
CULTURAL MOBILITY
Professor Jennifer Hochschild, Government; African and African American Studies
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES AND THE REAL WORLD
Professor Stanley Hoffmann, Government
REFLECTIONS ON GENERAL EDUCATION AT HARVARD
Professor Charles Maier, History
ONLY CONNECT: CHANGING ASPIRATIONS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION
Professor Harvey Mansfield, Government
A MORE DEMANDING CURRICULUM
Professor Andrew Murray, Molecular and Cellular Biology
REINVENTING GENERAL EDUCATION
Professor Richard Thomas, The Classics
GENERAL EDUCATION AND THE FOSTERING OF FREE CITIZENS
Professor Helen Vendler, English and American Literature and Language
ON A HARVARD EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE
Professor George Whitesides, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AT HARVARD
Professor E.O. Wilson, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
ON GENERAL EDUCATION AT HARVARD
