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...overwhelming vote on May 2 to approve the much-publicized Core Curriculum program will alter the basic shape of the "Harvard education" for years to come, just as the General Education proposal did after its institution in the late '40s. While it is true that the Core will not affect the curriculum of anyone now in the College--a factor that probably accounted for the marginal student opposition the plan received all year--the Core will affect subsequent classes at least until the end of the century...
...many reasons the Core plan is a major mistake. The five subcommittees Dean Rosovsky appointed last year created a curriculum that may adversely, if indirectly, affect America's higher education system, for Harvard carries considerable weight in social and academic circles. For this reason, outsiders and members of the University alike should bear in mind that while the Gen Ed program certainly merited revamping, the Core is not the answer...
Johnston said he hoped the program will directly affect national policy by expanding policymakers' horizons...
Migration towards rural and Southern areas will affect Harvard only indirectly, Alonso said yesterday. "Harvard is located in an urban area subject to decline," he said. Many childless couples are moving into urban areas now, so Alonso said he forsees many apartments and condominiums in cities, but not any population growth...
...knows whether the Supreme Court will decide the Bakke case on narrow grounds or by stating broad principles concerning programs to aid minorities. As a result no one knows the extent to which the Bakke decision will affect thousands of affirmative-action programs in business, education and government. "Everybody is holding their breath. Courts and defendants are trying to do as little as possible until they see what the Bakke decision will say," says one lawyer. Notes Joseph Rauh, a leading civil rights attorney in Washington: "I don't blame the courts. They don't want to rule...