Word: citizenship
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...while the original report did well to address the issue of religious literacy, it unfortunately did so in a spirit of pragmatism and anti-intellectualism. The Task Force’s underlying rationale for general education can be summed up in three words: real-world citizenship. Perhaps reflecting the pragmatic worldview of the task force co-chair and Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand, they have taken the focus off of academics and directed it instead towards real-life application and civic duty...
...Unfortunately, the task force seems to have forgotten that education is about more than just amassing useful facts. While facts will help students be successful and participate in democracy, a truly liberal education ought to address deeper questions. In that sense, the task force’s real-world citizenship rationale only goes so far. It does not provoke us to think deeply about why we ought to be good citizens, parents, lawyers, artists, or, for that matter, anything...
...passed, will be elaborated and detailed.For that reason, we hope that when the Faculty meets again on Jan. 12—soon after the Task Force on General Education delivers its final report—professors vote on its guiding philosophy. If they do not support this focus on citizenship and non-academic relevance, then no matter how the categories are finally outlined, the College will end up with a slightly tweaked Core. The Curricular Review has not lasted four years to tweak the Core; it’s here to fundamentally redefine Harvard’s general education...
...Meanwhile, the state board of education wanted to see elective classes that expose them to diverse cultures and international issues; explore the rights and obligations of citizenship; teach finance and business principles in depth; and challenge them to access, analyze and use information from multimedia sources. The coursework, state officials recommended, should also improve critical-thinking, problem-solving and communication abilities through team projects. Last spring the legislature overwhelmingly approved the new graduation rules-all of which take effect with next fall's freshman class. "They are among the most rigorous requirements in the country," says Michael Cohen, president...
...inadmissible under "suspicion of terrorist or security grounds." And thousands were turned back because DHS couldn't quite be sure who they were. In fiscal year 2005, more than 84,000 individuals were apprehended at the ports of entry trying to cross the border with fraudulent claims of citizenship or documents. Unlike other parts of the nation's air security system, the ATS program is run not by the Transportation Security Administration - the organization that provides the 40,000 white-shirted screeners at the country's 400 largest airports but has been plagued by missteps and failures...