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THE DECISION by the Harvard History Department to introduce an optional course on Western Civilization may confirm to some the worst stereotypes of that department. Never known for its receptivity to the study of minorities, women or the cultures of developing nations, the department's introduction of a new course...
While sending students overseas will doubtless have some positive influence on American competitiveness, the crux of the competitve gap does not lie with our lack of understanding of foreign cultures. Many economists attribute American industry's poor showing against the Japanese or the Germans in producing consumer and high-tech...
Such economic considerations aside, Bok has also said that an international push by Harvard is necessary educationally in an ever more interdependent world. How would "internationalizing" the student body and increasing undergraduate exposure to foreign cultures improve the average Harvard student's education? How would such measures help Harvard as...
However, Bok is correct to point out that an American liberal arts education fails to examine meaningfully cultures other than its own. Bok's proposal to send more Harvard students overseas would be a more effective means of addressing this problem. If turned into a graduation requirement that demanded evidence...
To balance any possible Western centrism, the foreign cultures Core should be strengthened so that its courses emphasize the values of these societies, instead of attempting to teach thousands of years of history in three months. The moral reasoning Core could afford to dispose of some of the courses that...