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...spring of 1978, as Harvard prepared to introduce its radical new Core program, one undergraduate was extremely distressed. “The Core Committee has laid out its ideal of what the liberally educated student should be like, and they have tried to devise a system to move us in that direction. What people need is exactly the opposite,” he wrote to The Crimson. “Why can’t Harvard start to look at its incoming students as unique individuals, all of whom have the capacity to develop naturally, and in the way that...
...shift has, it seems, been welcomed by a majority of students, as well it should be. The Core is a hopelessly weak concept, suited perhaps to the fractious political climate of higher education in the late 1970s, but certainly not to the best interests of Harvard undergraduates. It serves paradoxically to limit class choice without offering substantive academic guidance about which texts or concepts students should encounter during their four years in college...
...survey also addresses changes to the calender, satisfaction with general education and the Core Curriculum, concentrations and study abroad—all of which were addressed in a recent report authored by Associate Dean of the College Jeffrey Wolcowitz...
...minutes as watching time itself becomes more appealing than that video of lecture from the third week of class. If this doesn’t sound fun, it’s because it isn’t. But the alternative (prioritizing? scheduling? timetables?), much like a particularly tedious Core class, doesn’t bear thinking about. And anyway, Brain Break will be open soon enough...
...neighborhood of $400 million. While the endless stream of J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez merchandise hardly creates a feeling of exclusivity, Lopez rarely appears in the promo campaigns, thus preserving some of her scarcity. Nevertheless, Bruce Tait of Fallon Brand Consulting cautions, "When any brand extends beyond its perceived core, consumers often look at it as a greedy move, and that can create animosity...