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Ways of improving the core are out there. Unfortunately the administration doesn't seem to be looking for them. Dean for Undergraduate Education Lawrence Buell has said that the core is "functioning very well." He doesn't foresee any large-scale review of the porgram...
...taught differently in thecore. The result is a patchwork education inspecific topics that most students find useless. CrimsonJennifer J. BaikHASSEN A. SAYEED '96Eugene Y ChangCore Poll Would you prefer A) requiredcourses distributed through different departments,B) the core we have now, or C) no requirements?Crimson File PhotoLAWRENCE BUELL...
Because of these problems, the core is failing in its mission. The program is supposed to be the key educational "beginning point" that draws students into new disciplines, Buell says, but undergraduates say that many core courses actually turn them off to learning...
...Buell says core sections will likelystay large. Shrinking them is not necessarily thetop priority in the Faculty budget, he says...
...have a hunch that the second course ofaction is more likely, but again I don't want tosecond-guess what the dean will do," Buell says...