Word: coring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proper core, according to the outspoken critic of much of American higher education, should provide a systematic familiarization with "our own, Western tradition of learning: with the Classical and Jewish-Christian heritage, the facts of American and European history, the political organization of Western societies, the literature, [and] the major achievements of the scientific disciplines...
Harvard administrators resist the notion of a Western Civilization core, or a curriculum designed to distribute education among departmental courses...
Blumstein says a core, absent at Brown, takes away from students the decision of what constitutes a liberal education...
Harvard faculty remain unconvinced. "We could drop the course catalogue in your lap and say, 'We have good courses, and a good faculty. Educate yourself,'" says Dominguez. "The Core is like a Valentine's Day card. It says we care about you more than that...
...future, life-time learning will be more important. The Core is meant to provide you a basic approach toward becoming an educated person," says Rosovsky. "Everyone should have an informed acquaintance and practical appreciation of the major ways to gain knowledge...