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...seems that everybody on campus has selected one Core Curriculum area that they feel we must keep in the new general education system. In particular, Moral Reasoning seems to have garnered a plethora of supporters who want to graft it onto the proposed system of three courses in each of three areas—the Study of Societies, Science and Technology, and the Arts and Humanities—which could be fulfilled with either departmental courses or broad interdisciplinary “Courses in General Education.” Despite their good intentions, we believe that there should...
...Nigeria a country? It sounds like an easy problem on a school pop quiz. But for millions of Nigerians it is still a serious question - the question, in point of fact, at the core of their country's failings. The oil-rich nation, many Nigerians contend, will never "work" because, like so many troubled African countries, it is not a coherent whole but an artificial, colonial fusion of different cultures and ethnicities constantly pulling apart...
...resources is needed.“I think it’s very important to communicate student concerns about the total cost of a combination of books and sourcebooks, which I don’t think necessarily everybody’s aware of,” Director of the Core Program Susan W. Lewis said.The UC position paper also proposed a Centralized Resource Efficiency Optimization Center which would employ students to find course materials from electronic resources that the College has already paid for. Members of the administration, however, advocated using department resources instead of creating a centralized system...
...faculty members in the department are committed to teaching the course. With these and the rest of my colleagues, I believe it is important that we continue to offer it. As your editorial correctly notes, this is an important offering not only for concentrators but for students fulfilling core requirements or seeking an interesting elective; it is certain to remain so in any foreseeable new structure of general education. The change under discussion would remove the requirement that concentrators take this course, and require instead that all concentrators take at least one course in pre-modern history, one course...
...major campaign promises and urge the College to follow through on the bill’s provisions. Ranging from $10 to over $400, coursepacks can be exorbitantly expensive for students. Thus far in 2006, sourcebooks and coursepacks have costs students over $700,000, most of which is spent on Core courses. The financial burden raises questions of educational inequity, as some students are driven away from otherwise engaging classes solely because of affordability. The College cannot simply stand by as the equality of academic opportunity at Harvard is threatened by the rising costs of these readings. The remedies are simple...