The report showed that students wanted smaller class sizes, more interaction with faculty, and a more flexible grading curve.
In the spring of 1999, hundreds of students signed a "Student Bill of Expectations" outlining student concerns. The Bill was presented to the faculty, and many of its recommendations, which closely paralleled those of the McKinsey survey, have been adopted into the plan.
But many students don't believe things will change when the Strategic Plan is initiated. The expectations, they argue, may be too high.
"If Harvard thinks it's going to do this and every student is going to...say, 'This is Nirvana', the administration is going to be disappointed," says Todd Anderson, a 1997 graduate who now works at a firm in Washington, D.C.
Show Me The Money
Clark has decided to go begin to implement the plan despite not yet having the money to fund it.
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