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...committee is made up of the chairmen of seven Core subcommittees--one for each Core area of study, plus expository writing and the math requirement. In addition, Paul C. Martin '52, dean of the Division of Applied Sciences, and Edward L. Keenan '57, associate dean of the Faculty, serve as exofficio members; and two students appointed by the Education Resources Group are non-voting members...
...seven subcommittees, only the Math and Expos committees are fully formed. The Expos subcommittee met for the first time yesterday and heard Robert Marius, director of Expository Writing, discuss ideas for affiliating Expos sections with Core courses, Bowersock said...
Andrew M. Gleason, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and chairman of the Math subcommittee, said yesterday his group had hoped to present a preliminary report at today's committee meeting recommending how to implement a Math requirement, but the subcommittee will not be able to report until they gather more data...
...Expos, math and languages requirements are often used to bolster arguments that the Core is an effort by Harvard to go "back to basics". Arguments like this, especially when they suggest that the Core is in some way providing remedial education, infuriate Harvard administrators who say the Core has been misinterpreted by educators and the press. When audiences ask her what the Core is, if it is not a return to basics. Keller explains that it is "a response to the knowledge explosion and knowledge revolution. She adds that "knowledge has become almost inaccessible these days due to its quantity...
...French. Ho ho. Didn't get a 560 on your French achievement, did you? Well, if you do okay on this test you don't have to take a year of languages, which is nice. The tests aren't toohard, and they are offered in German, Spanish, Chemistry, Math, Italian, Latin, Modern Hebrew, Greek and Russian. The nonlanguage jobs are for placement only, and they all take place at various times throught the week. An unavoidable necessity, unless you're a non-science type who already placed out of the language requirement. In which case you ought to spend time...