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...talk about the future of general education, the Classes of 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 appear to be stuck with the antiquated and constraining cocktail-party training program known as the Core. The Core, however, can easily be patched up for the benefit of current students. Faculty discussions in the coming weeks should certainly focus on developing the new general education system, but we hope the Faculty will also take quick action to expand the Core in the interim...
...adding that the WTO is not a perfect model but a way to “harness globalization” and to find “some force in ensuring legitimate decision-making.” He also said that he thinks the “core mission of the WTO” is to open markets and open world trade for the benefit of all people, but that such a mission should not be pursued at all costs. “WTO members have the right to deviate from market-opening obligations, in favor of values of public morals...
Panic sets in. “Where will I wake up to the sweet strains of neo-avant death-pop-core?” you ask. “Where am I going to find somebody who looks like a homeless person to make my coffee...
...front page of The New York Times.” Possibly not. But maybe this is an issue where the best course of action isn’t to make waves in the national press but to adopt ideas that have already worked. Working within the current Core structure, slightly revising the categories, and drastically increasing the number of departmental courses that count seems like a good starting place...
...Education in a town hall meeting last night, focusing on proposed approaches to science and math. Bass Professor of English Louis Menand and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons spoke to a group of 50 students that weren’t limited to UC members in Harvard Hall. Calling the core “old-fashioned,” Menand said that the current system fragmented knowledge into specific academic disciplines more suitable for the ivory tower than the outside world. “But 90 percent of Harvard students don’t become professors,” Menand added...