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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences yesterday approved legislation to replace the Core with a new general education curriculum emphasizing the real-world applications of a liberal arts education.In a 168-to-14 vote at yesterday’s meeting of the Faculty, professors concluded a four-year-long debate...

Author: By Johannah S. Cornblatt and Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: After 4 Years of Debate, Faculty Approves Gen Ed | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

And now, you see, having dazzled me, won me by your personal, involved, independently-minded assertion, your only job is to keep me awake. When I sleep I give C’s. How? By FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look forâ?...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Reply | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your bluebook will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean’s List. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume wrote; don’t just say Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think up...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Reply | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

The Harvard examination system is designed, according to its promulgators, to test two specific things: knowledge of trends and knowledge of detail. Men approaching the examination problem have three choices: 1.) flunking out; 2.) doing work; or 3.) working out some system of fooling the grader. The first choice of...

Author: By Donald Carswell | Title: Beating the System | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

It seems pretty obvious that in any discussion of the various methods whereby the crafty student attempts to show the grader that he knows a lot more than he actually does, the vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement that means nothing by itself, but...

Author: By Donald Carswell | Title: Beating the System | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

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