Word: curricular
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...College when it makes dubious decisions like the no-alcohol policy at this year’s Harvard-Yale tailgate, or the recent tax on donations to student groups. Meanwhile, it applauds post factum bold steps taken by the University, such as the financial aid initiative or the curricular review.In other words, the UC is just a slothful bystander. It merely turns its head in the direction of the student-life parade, with a grin or a frown according to the occasion, but it never leads that parade. Instead, various interest groups, bloggers, a few tormented souls from The Crimson...
Since the curricular review began to consider a new model for general education at Harvard College in 2002, the going has been anything but easy. Several reports were greeted with uncertainty and even outright opposition from the Faculty, and Harvard's top administrators—Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby and University President Lawrence H. Summers—both resigned. With today's report, the Task Force on General Education is trying to get the review back on track after troubled times...
October 2002: Kirby launches Harvard College’s first major curricular review since the review that led to the creation of the Core Curriculum...
December 2003: Curricular review committees meeting during the 2003-2004 academic year release an update; the working group on general education says it is considering whether a closed distribution system like the Core should remain a part of the undergraduate experience, or whether to move to a more or less prescriptive system...
April 2004: The first major report of the curricular review is released. It recommends the elimination of the Core and suggests that students instead be allowed to fulfill broad distribution requirements through departmental courses or loosely defined “Harvard College Courses...