Word: core
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...comments to some extent detracted from the otherwise fine quality of the guide," said Core Program Director Susan W. Lewis. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education David Pilbeam took the faculty members' side, but added that the guide has elicited mostly positive reactions from professors...
Further, if John Yoo had researched the history of the conference, perhaps he would have understood why "few people have ever heard of" it. The conference was held from September 8-13, 1988--just over a month ago. The core group of 30 undergraduates is actively developing proposals to promote leadership on campus, with a focus on women in leadership. We are reaching out to fellow students, but it takes time to gain a foothold at Harvard. Perhaps if campus publications better informed the student body of newly created organizations, more people would know of the group's creation...
...science departments were not snowed by the Core philosophy. But the liberal arts--always more susceptible fluffy educational experiments--were taken in and students are losing...
...time to rescue those students trapped for too much of their precious college years in the first 44 pages of the Course catalog. Expanding Core credit to certain upper-level classes would also improve the quality of life for those who elected to stick with the Core offerings. While those well-versed in a field could take more satisfying upper-level options, novices in a particuliar area would not have to deal with irritating pedants in section...
Harvard should abandon the pretentious and lame distinction between Core courses and the rest of the curriculum. Students deserve more opportunity to explore the rich departmental offerings. Right now, fulfilling requirements is just a chore...