Word: cep
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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David M. Balabanian '60 took issue with Croman's assumption that cum laude in General Studies was originally intended by the CEP to be an award to those who do not try for Honors in a particular field but still do outstanding work...
Balabanian felt that "only those with a valid excuse" for not entering the Honors program were qualified, and that the CEP had left it up to the particular department to decide who fit this description...
...dramatic three and one-half year seminar for gifted students, beginning in the Freshman year, was yesterday proposed by Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology and member of the CEP. Students in the program would do research under a Faculty member's guidance, and receive course reduction...
Bruner's announcement of his proposal followed the CEP's Wednesday resolution to publically open debate over "spoon-feeding" in the Freshman year. At that time the Committee had discussed, on an exploratory level, the possibility of changing the plan of the Freshman year...
Prior to the meeting, two CEP members showed conflicting attitudes towards proposals that tutorials or seminars be given in the Freshman year. Walter J. Bate '39, professor of English, viewed the proposals with skepticism. Citing the "gigantic cost" of House tutorials, he called the suggested Freshman innovations "largely academic." The present work overload on the staffs of popular departments such as English, he claimed, would also make extension of tutorial to Freshmen very difficult...