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...accompanied by a resolute show of good faith in the system to which we are transitioning. If current underclassmen and incoming freshmen are to be confronted with an unstable curricular landscape at large, then the College should at least maximize the number of departmental courses that count for Core credit. Students should not be impeded on the road to graduation by the insistence that every course accepted for Core credit meet bureaucratic and rigid guidelines fixed by faculty legislation–regulations which provoked much of the outgoing program’s unpopularity...
Nowhere is the lack of enthusiasm during this transition period more evident than in the all-but-abandoned administration of the Core curriculum. Although administrators followed through on their pledge to relax criteria and streamline the process by which departmental courses are eligible for Core credit, efforts to encourage faculty to apply for Core credit are half-hearted at best. In spite of the fact that courses no longer need give final exams, can now be offered by visiting professors, and that even seminars are eligible, the Core Standing Committee received no more proposals this year than last. In each...
Considering the College is in the throes of a curricular transition, however, these efforts to get professors to proactively apply for Core credit have proved inadequate. Students should be given more options, rather than feel limited to the narrowing constraints of a failing program. It is especially disconcerting that only nine Core courses have been approved to double-count for Gen Ed credit for the next academic year. This is hardly accommodating. No wonder Gen Ed Committee Chair Jay M. Harris is insistent that the Class of 2012 not get too caught up next year trying to fulfill their requirements...
While he was not directly involved in politics during his time at the College, Rahn did help push through reforms allowing departmental courses to be approved for Core credit, saying that he has “always had the sense or inclination towards trying to change things at a systemic or political level...
...CityStep allows me to do both. It’s been a really great thing for me. The people in CityStep are the most enthusiastic and dedicated people on campus.” Ho is excited about Harvard’s recent decision to offer dance courses for credit, citing her positive experience in the Paul Taylor class that she took this semester. “It’s great to see that Harvard is making the shift towards combining theory with practice,” Ho says. “That has been something that has really enriched...