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...general education system, the common intellectual ground of every College student, is the natural starting point for such improvements. In the long run, however, pedagogical improvement must not end with these courses. In fact, we hope that such a culture change will develop across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences??the new system of general education is merely the best place to sow the seeds...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences?? (FAS) future looks very red—not crimson. That’s the gist of Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles’ recent letter to professors on FAS’ financial outlook. Although FAS—the umbrella organization that funds the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences??currently has a small surplus on its $950 million budget, it is expected to have a significant deficit starting next year. In his letter, Knowles sounded an ominous alarm, writing, “[I]nstitutional interventions...
...Life Sciences?? and “Physical Sciences??—both under the general heading of “Science and Technology”—are designed to teach key scientific concepts and place them in the context of contemporary social issues...
...Bunsen burner.” So sally forth, future Science A-listers.The course names of the Science A spectrum may seem neat, but the content can be deceptively difficult and dreary. Science A purports to be a collection of courses which focuses on the hows and whys of physical sciences??explaining natural phenomena, that is. It’s more quantitative than Science B, and physics is the scientific area that rears its head most often during lecture, so pat yourself on the back if you actually remember some stuff from high school. Most Science A courses involve weekly...
...added that first years also conducted searches on Facebook.com once they knew their telephone numbers in hopes of finding a rising sophomore who still had their freshman phone number posted. Others, he said, were able to narrow down their options when they looked at their Faculty of Arts and Sciences??s Registrar Student Record online and found out what freshman Yard—Crimson, Ivy, or Elm—they would inhabit this fall. Last summer, over 100 first years also found out their room assignments early through a similar technique; their phone numbers were listed...