Word: core
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...changed the program that today it bears only a nominal resemblance to the course system outlined in the Faculty Committee report General Education in a Free Society. Gen, Ed, for example, was originally envisioned as the one educational experience to be shared by all Harvard students, a central core to which later specialized knowledge could be added. Yet no "common core" could encompass so many divergent courses, and so many elective choices, as the present program offers in each of the three basic areas...
...core concept, however, was necessary if Harvard's program was to be consistent with the underlying philosophy of the report. The Committee saw a need for "general education," then a newly coined phrase, to counter a growing sociological fragmentation, parallel to the academic fragmentation imposed by the demands of departmental specialization. The overall rationale of the core concept was to offset specialization not only in the academic context, but, if backed by programs in enough educational institutions, in the sociological framework as well. It was to do this by acquainting the members of the report's "Free Society" with their...
...CORE charges that Negroes seeking advancement above the position of porter have been told no openings exist, only to see white applicants hired soon after. Another tactic used by Trailways, CORE says, is to tell Negroes that no tests for higher jobs are available, and then not bother to secure any more...
...Trailways management has several times indicated its willingness to hire Negroes, but then refused permission to let CORE advertise such an employment policy, the statement says...
...demonstrations were called by CORE and the Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC) in support of a continuing campaign by the Civic Interest Group in Baltimore against discrimination in local eating facilities...