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...success is strict regulation on how courses fit into those categories; without regulation, the new “Core” will inevitably devolve into its current incarnation, in which courses are included without regard for their content. The entire rationale for the demolition of the Core, however, is to remove the idea from general education that content is of secondary importance to methodology. The strongest defense that the new general education has to differentiate itself from the Core in the long term is the idea that the new Standing Committee on General Education will be endowed with a clearly...
...push for the Republican Party to return to its roots because of his support of abortion. When, since the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, has the GOP been pro-choice? Whether you are pro-life or pro-choice, no one questions that the Republican Party is, at its core, not a pro-choice party in regards to abortion. Is she confusing the Republican Party with the Democratic Party? Or even the Libertarian Party? Is this really published by The Crimson...
...task force charged with replacing Harvard’s Core curriculum has dropped its headline-grabbing proposal for a “Reason and Faith” requirement—a category that would have made Harvard the only Ivy to require its undergrads to study religion.The committeehas also suggested a new course requirement on “what it means to be a human being,” which some professors at yesterday’s Faculty meeting criticized as a “grab bag” category.Students could fulfill this requirement with a course in areas...
...hard-hitting pieces about monumental changes in the curriculum has always been Kim. She has a sharp eye for trends that are changing Harvard, including the college consulting phenomenon and changes in the Core. Funny and radio-savvy, she’ll bring a fresh, investigative voice to the editing squad...
...that the General Education task force has lost its faith in religion, the long-anticipated Gen Ed overhaul looks more like the Core than it has at any point during the four-year-long curricular review. The Faculty’s challenge, if and when the proposed curriculum is implemented, will be to recast the generation-old and much-maligned Core into a system with a radically different mission but an uncannily similar structure and nomenclature. The task force that crafted the proposal distributed a letter before yesterday’s Faculty meeting saying it was eliminating...