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...Israel can only be explained by the power of the “Israel Lobby,” a “loose coalition” of lobby groups, think tanks, and academics who work to advance Israel’s foreign-policy interests. The “core?? of the lobby, the professors wrote, is composed of American Jews...
...also quickly squashed. Once again a Faculty committee was sent to the drawing board. Unable to agree on anything and fatigued of the issue, professors last month approved a new set of proposals, which effectively upgrades the Core by redefining it with a more contemporary focus and eschewing the Core??s strict requirements on the number of papers and exams an approved General Education course must offer...
...understand and appreciate the complexities of the world and their role in it.”Alas, the devil is in the details—or the lack thereof. Despite outlining a new rationale and rubric for deciding whether courses will count, General Education does not adequately address the Core??s most egregious failings: its constraining menu of course choices and poor teaching standards.Instead of sharply defining the new system, the Faculty threw up its hand and left all of the critical elements of implementation—from deciding how many courses will count to transitioning between...
...program took effect for freshmen entering in fall 1979. Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, who has taught at Harvard since the 1960s, recalled a two-year transition period in which both general education and Core courses were offered. He said the details of the Core??s implementation were also left to a committee.In an interview before yesterday’s meeting, Mendelsohn said that professors were ready to move on from a four-year debate marked, at times, by “retreat and sheer exhaustion.”“I think...
...report stalled—showed signs of promise when a draft was released in October and when a final version was released in February. Finally, it seemed, the general education requirements for Harvard undergraduates would be endowed with a uniting principle. Gone would be the days of the extant Core??s cornucopia of obscurities, masquerading as “modes of inquiry” somehow relevant and necessary to our liberal education. No more “Lit & Arts B-48: Chinese Imaginary Space.” No more “Science B-57: Dinosaurs and their...