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Most disappointing has been the new General Education program (Gen Ed), which has little to show after five years of debate. Although a preliminary report released a year and a half ago contained inspiring promises of engaged intellectualism and global citizenship, Gen Ed has since then devolved into an insipid mash-up of compromises that is essentially a redux of the old Core. A scant 37 Gen Ed courses have been approved for the 2008-2009 academic year, and only seven more for the following fall. Despite being set to supplant the long-criticized Core curriculum by 2009, a mere...
...promote serendipity. My suggestion is that for good lives, good universities, and good societies, the power of self-sorting is at best a mixed blessing. However unpleasant and jarring they can be, unchosen, unanticipated encounters play a crucial role; they are indispensable not only to education but also to citizenship itself. Far from wishing them away, we should welcome them...
...While previous generations may not have required a strong background in math and science to be considered informed citizens, today’s world has lived up to the vision of H.G. Wells: It is one in which statistical thinking is “as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” The relevance of mathematics to understanding contemporary policy issues, healthcare, and the modern conception of human nature is increasingly clear. Students who want an in-depth understanding of everything from behavioral economics to education policy require more than a superficial level...
...University is truly committed to a liberal arts education, it can no longer afford to ignore the growing importance of mathematics and statistics. Literacy as a prerequisite to good citizenship in modern society must expand its demands, such that even scholars of postcolonial theory or adherents of Rawls remember how to manipulate simple derivatives and infer conclusions from a statistical t-test...
...University President Drew G. Faust’s installation, then-Undergraduate Council (UC) President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 boldly proclaimed: “This process of decisions made behind closed doors, this disempowerment of students, this denial of citizenship must end now.” His aggressive rhetoric epitomized the conflict between undergraduates and the College that characterized so many of the major issues in student life this year.While antagonism may have been an overarching theme of the student-College relationship this year, there were many notable exceptions, as progress generally followed communication and compromise. Significant strides...