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...demographics of Harvard have changed too—and radically since the Core was enacted 28 years ago. Muslim or Hindu colleagues and friends are not only around the world but across the street, across the hall, or in the lab. Muslim students invite Jews to share a fast-breaking meal at the end of a day of fasting on Ramadan and Yom Kippur. Jews invite Muslims for an iftar in the Sukkah at Hillel. In the modern world, religious and cultural differences are simply part of our daily lives. The curriculum must catch up with this reality...
...editors: Should I be flattered, cross, or amused at the reference to my course, Historical Study B-11, “The Crusades,” in the article entitled “Professors Say this Core is Solid” (news, Oct. 10)? It is the only course the article mentions in the context of the Report on General Education, but there my moment of glory and gratification ends, for the reference is peculiar in conception and short on fact. The course is described, either by the chairman of the history department or by the staff writers...
...history of undergraduate education at Harvard. The Preliminary Report of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Task Force on General Education, released last Wednesday, charts a radically different course from its predecessors. Designed to prepare undergraduates for membership in contemporary global society, the proposed program would discard the Core Curriculum’s once-revolutionary “modes of inquiry” approach, while continuing to require undergraduates to take a prescribed number of courses in a set number of thematic areas. In plain English, it’s a very big deal...
...wasn’t always this way. In 1978, as the Core was being readied for Faculty approval, this campus was abuzz with controversy. 2,500 undergraduates signed a petition calling for more student input; a Crimson poll reported that 65 percent of students opposed the plan. Even freshman proctors issued a collective statement against the changes. This newspaper urged students “to engage in organized protest” against the Core, “for the sake of a better Harvard education and for opposing the elitist process used to formulate the proposal...
...whose demography suggests they would vote Republican if they turned out - will come to naught because base supporters are so dispirited by Iraq, deficits and the Mark Foley Capitol Hill sex scandal. Leaders of social conservative groups say it's all putting a heavy drag on the party's core of support. But this is exactly where the Vice President has always been strongest, and he's working these crowds even harder than he did for the midterms of '02, when he also kept a heavy campaign schedule. The Vice President's office says the 113 events have benefited...