Word: core
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...admonitions about "an era of profound irresponsibility," Obama called for change in Americans. And not just in bankers or insurers - in all of us. His Zen koan, "We are the change we've been waiting for," may sound like New Age gibberish, but it's at the core of his agenda...
...Menand said he is hopeful that two Gen Ed classes will count double for students’ concentrations in most cases, a stipulation that would give students more leeway than the seven-requirement Core...
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Stephanie H. Kenen said she was concerned that the number of categories will make students experience the program in “a very similar way” to the way they experienced the Core...
...original proposal that Menand and Simmons’ task force submitted to the Faculty in October had seven categories—the same number that the Core currently contains. By February, it had grown to eight...
...financial-aid programs and that schools with need-blind admissions policies remain that way. Universities lose more than just individual students when they admit wealthy applicants above equally or more qualified, but less affluent, students. Higher education should not be a business—when schools start evaluating their core priorities in this regard, their intellectual integrity suffers. There is a fine line between keeping a school alive to educate another day and doing long-term damage to its commitment to meritocracy...