Word: gen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Charles de Gaulle once likened him to Mephistopheles. Françoise Giroud, editor in chief of L'Express, said that he was "as gracious as a cactus." The New Yorker's Genêt noted his "cold genius for integrity." Others have described him as an "instrument of precision," as being "passionately lucid," and as "totally lacking in ambition or vanity." Last week Hubert Beuve-Méry stepped down from the job that had made him the object of such attention, if not always affection. At 67-25 years to the day after he founded...
...authorize departures from regular Gen Ed requirements, taking a much wider view of what qualifies as "general education...
...should admit the educational validity of certain types of experience not ordinarily regarded as classes." Chalmers said, "and regard familiarity with current social problems as part of a person's general education." He said Gen Ed should be an opportunity for "field work" and "aesthetic experience...
...committee of Faculty members, tutors, and perhaps students, in each House would approve the study plans and House courses. A student who wished to depart from concentration or Gen Ed requirements would find a Faculty sponsor associated with the House, and together they would present the student's plan to the committee...
What is the role of General Education? Given the increase in General Education in secondary schools, should Harvard insist on Gen Ed courses or simply return to distribution requirements...