Word: cues
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...question of how many core courses the University will offer, and the corollary of this question--will the core courses invariably be large, impersonal lecture courses? So far, no one involved with the overhauling of Gen Ed will volunteer a specific response. Members of the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) said last week that during a closed meeting with the designers of the new core curriculum they inferred that about 30 core courses, each with an enrollment of approximately 200 students, would be created--a contention several authors of the core's report immediately denied. Nevertheless, students, professors and administrators...
Another central question-a question that presupposes the inevitability of the Faculty voting for some kind of astringent core curriculum--is whether students will be represented on the core subcommittees. Last week members of the Faculty Council insouciantly ignored a request by the CUE and the ERG to provide for such student representation, and also turned their backs on a host of other recommendations including the establishment of a departmental by-pass mechanism. This merely added insult to injury. The total indifference of the Faculty Council to student opinions can do nothing but foment a somewhat cynical and defiant attitude...
This year, when the new proposal was released, ERG and CUE again made valid objections, many of which are described below. Once again, however, student attempts at input seem to be to no avail...
...CUE members say they are looking for a happy medium between the current General Education program and the proposed core curriculum. Backers of the ERG proposal say a by-pass option would reduce enrollment in core classes and provide a greater choice of courses...
...council members, however apparently believe the by-pass would in the words of a Faculty member of CUE, "dilute the concept of the core." The council also split hairs over "student membership" and "student input" into the core subcommittees. Presumably, the latter is fine; but the idea of having official student committee members appears to be dead, at least for the time being...