Word: core
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...went and today, the Class of 2012 will commit to attend Harvard. But they will have done so with relative uncertainty as to what sort of education they will receive. When they arrive in the fall, they will be given the choice between the highly criticized and poorly administered Core curriculum, or being the first class to enroll in General Education...
...half ago, the chairs of the Task Force on General Education, English professor Louis Menand and philosophy professor Allison Simmons, presented a brand of liberal education that sought to prepare students to engage with an increasingly globalized and multicultural world. It was more than just a revamped Core curriculum; Gen Ed was meant to be a forerunner in 21st century American higher education...
...task of creating courses for this nascent program. Only 16 Gen Ed courses will be offered next fall, and only six more have been approved for the 2009-2010 academic year. In fact, a mere 40 proposals have even been submitted, many of which are nothing more than adapted Core courses...
Nowhere is the lack of enthusiasm during this transition period more evident than in the all-but-abandoned administration of the Core curriculum. Although administrators followed through on their pledge to relax criteria and streamline the process by which departmental courses are eligible for Core credit, efforts to encourage faculty to apply for Core credit are half-hearted at best. In spite of the fact that courses no longer need give final exams, can now be offered by visiting professors, and that even seminars are eligible, the Core Standing Committee received no more proposals this year than last. In each...
Considering the College is in the throes of a curricular transition, however, these efforts to get professors to proactively apply for Core credit have proved inadequate. Students should be given more options, rather than feel limited to the narrowing constraints of a failing program. It is especially disconcerting that only nine Core courses have been approved to double-count for Gen Ed credit for the next academic year. This is hardly accommodating. No wonder Gen Ed Committee Chair Jay M. Harris is insistent that the Class of 2012 not get too caught up next year trying to fulfill their requirements...