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...students wait for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to slowly turn its wheels and approve new requirements for general education, the lame duck Core curriculum remains. After Tuesday’s meeting of the Faculty and Arts and Sciences, it is more than clear that the proposed requirements??a broad system of general distribution requirements, rather than the current Core—will not be in place for the next school year. In the interim, the Core Standing Committee (CSC), which is the group of faculty members that determines which courses garner the label...
...higher education spared the onslaught of double-major-triple-minor students. We want it to stay that way. The philosophy behind Harvard’s current educational system is one that emphasizes finding the right mix of breadth—general education—and depth—concentration requirements??to create a comprehensive and enriching academic experience. A departure from this philosophy represents Harvard at its worst: responding to short-term market forces and the expense of sound conviction. In addition to breadth and depth, students will now unavoidably be pursuing credentials—credentials for things...
...didn’t work.One day, this administration—like Bush’s—is going to have to learn that you can’t stand between Americans and their civil liberties.Diversity and nondiscrimination: 5 out of 10. These are “core requirements?? for any socially-responsible institution. Administrators have shown promise in their efforts to make the student body as diverse as the American people. It was a record year for the diversity of the incoming class, in both senses of the word “class,” with...
...loose guidelines for graduate admissions and career placement continue to harden into requirements??ask any pre-med if you don’t believe me—Harvard should take advantage of its position as a leader in higher education to publicly repudiate the narrowing influence of vocational education. I sincerely doubt that recruiters and professional schools will stop hiring and accepting Harvard graduates as a consequence...
...were to write any thesis,” she says, “it would not be a satisfying experience for me if it did not involve film.”On that note, the proposed changes to the Core curriculum—including general education requirements??look promising for the new concentration. The alterations, which would increase the flexibility of the undergraduate course-load, would allow for students to explore departments outside of their concentration, accommodating more diverse interests. “My prediction,” Rodowick says on the potential GE reform...