Word: cores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...present semester, there are only three Literature and Arts B classes that have not been limited in size by a lottery or other means, in large part because of the limited offerings. This limited capacity is further strained because many departments use certain Core classes as introductory requirements, so that concentrators often displace those students forced to take the classes simply to fulfill Core requirements...
Clearly the simplest and most effective way of solving the problem of overcrowded Core courses, therefore, would be to increase the number of courses offered. Even if demand for Literature and Arts B or other Core areas is not as great next year, students could only benefit from a greater variety of courses and from smaller Core classes...
Even when a lottery does not seem necessary, professors or representatives of the Core Office should warn students early on when other classes in the same Core area are crowded. Clearly, all those lotteried out of "Jazz" and other courses were going to be forced to move into other classes...
DURING the last two weeks, many students have expressed anger over the way in which some mainstay Core classes have been lotteried. As various courses were limited, calls of injustice grew louder...
Susan W. Lewis, director of the Core program, said "a very significant portion" of sophomores turned away last week were admitted to Slive's course yesterday...