Word: gen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That report, named after Paul Doty, Mallinckrodt Professor Biochemistry and the chairman of the committee, recommended that the current Gen Ed curriculum divisions of Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences be scrapped and divisions in Natural Sciences and Humanities be established in their places...
...CURRENT General Education program has strayed from its original intentions. The idea of a well-rounded, liberal arts program has been perverted by a proliferation of upper and lower level Gen Ed offerings. Departmental bypasses have further eroded the liberal arts concept...
...most students who arrive at Harvard have the capacity to recognize courses that will aid their intellectual growth. The College can advise all students that a strong Gen Ed background is valuable and important. Nothing more is necessary other than the implementation of a much stronger advisory system. If students are forced into taking these courses they will probably make little attempt to learn from the subject matter...
...better solution to the dilemma posed by the confusing mass of Gen Ed requirements is to set up a totally free elective program which would eliminate the language and expository writing requirements. In its place the Faculty should offer a core of non-required courses that will serve as a basic introduction to certain subjects. The Faculty can insure that students have the option of choosing a complete general education. But students who feel they have learned enough in some areas need not enroll...
...Faculty should commit some of the College's resources to getting committed and popular Faculty members to put together interesting courses under a Gen Ed umbrella. Once these professors devote themselves to it, it will be easy for students to see the merits of General Education...