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...institutional design preserves departmental independence because Core classes are overseen by an external committee...
...would devolve upon departments to provide the courses for distribution requirements,” he says. “But those might not be vetted as thoroughly [as Core courses], nor as much with a view toward providing access to a particular field for people from totally unrelated fields. I think [students] might end up with many fewer courses that are accessible to them...
Burgard also disagrees with the idea that Core requirements are too extensive and should be trimmed. Instead, he faults the demanding nature of concentration requirements...
While current opinion of the Core remains somewhat divided, come this Spring, the Faculty will have a new general education proposal to debate...
According to Gross and several professors, a new system will be proposed which will replace the Core with the Harvard College Courses—classes based on foundational knowledge of key fields, not approaches to knowledge...