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...said the long-awaited overhaul of the Core Curriculum??given fresh momentum earlier this month by the release of a new general education proposal—should be the Faculty’s top priority...
...undergraduate education at Harvard. The Preliminary Report of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Task Force on General Education, released last Wednesday, charts a radically different course from its predecessors. Designed to prepare undergraduates for membership in contemporary global society, the proposed program would discard the Core Curriculum??s once-revolutionary “modes of inquiry” approach, while continuing to require undergraduates to take a prescribed number of courses in a set number of thematic areas. In plain English, it’s a very big deal...
With the possible exception of foreign language, students would not be exempt from any of the new curriculum??s required fields, though they would be able to double-count some courses for concentration credit...
...Schools improved clearly, something that Nolan has freely admitted. In the 12 areas identified by the EQA—covering everything from student assessment to professional development to financial management—the administration received higher marks than in previous years. In the case of the “curriculum?? standard, the school system improved substantially...
...strong core of geographic knowledge, analyzes of international events tend to be myopic at best and provincial at worst. Yet Harvard’s course catalog continues to feature a grand total of zero courses in the subject. If Harvard is to have any sort of meaningful core curriculum??one which must aim to create informed, global citizens—then the inclusion of a survey course in world geography is absolutely essential. Take Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, for example. All freshmen must either pass a very difficult placement exam or take the pass...