Word: cores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crazy moments from the crazy person's point of view is at the heart of a flawed, sentimental yet intermittently inspired comedy currently playing off-Broadway, Cave Life, in which a deranged yuppie wife conjures up a phantom lover who is a Neanderthal. More substantially, it is at the core of the two best new British plays on view in London within the past year, one discussed for a New York City staging, the other already installed. The possible transfer, Simon Gray's Melon, cues playgoers in from the start that they are entering tragic terrain: its tale...
...Herrnstein says he sees a related problem in the Core Curriculum. "It's struggle," he says, to get senior faculty to offer courses to non-concentrators. "The older the Core gets, the more routine it becomes. I think it will get harder and harder." Herrnstein says...
...admiration for the Core Program stems not only from the underlying philosophy, but also from the way it has been implemented. It is a lively and cooperative undertaking. Extraordinary teachers have been brought into contact with freshmen. This offers a rich opportunity to those students while--just as important--stimulating a new vitality among many of the faculty...
...were impressed by the idea behind the science requirement of the Core Program and feel that it represents a helpful move toward answering a challenge which vexes all of our campuses: providing a substantive exposure to science for students who tend to be ill-trained, uninterested and anxious about their ability to deal with scientific subjects. We are aware that the development of demanding and sophisticated science courses for the Core Program remains a significant concern, and we are encouraged by an evident determination to pursue that issue...
...rest of the academic world. Unfortunately, however, the current quantitative reasoning test offers no guarantee that the students have a meaningful level of manipulative skills, much less an understanding of quantitative and logical reasoning and the essence of mathematics as a discipline. The omission of mathematics itself from the Core, strange though this may appear, need not be fatal if some other adequate provision is made for students outside of the sciences to acquire mathematics skills and knowledge...