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Twenty six years later, Little Ricky’s big brother, University President Lawrence H. Summers, is preparing to oversee the implementation of a reshaped curriculum for Harvard College. And the proposals outlined in the recently completed curricular review report echo, almost precisely, Little Ricky’s thoughts. The opening paragraph of the summary of the principal recommendations concludes, “We aim to construct a curriculum that expands the choices open to our undergraduates as it prepares them to be independent, knowledgeable, and creative individuals.” The way to do that, the report concludes...
...important, though, to recognize that the curricular review proposals have not entirely abandoned the bogus philosophy which underpinned the Core—that Harvard’s general education requirement should be more about ways of thinking than bodies of knowledge. Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 put it best when I interviewed him back in late 2002: “It is not that easy to differentiate between teaching students ways of thinking and bodies of knowledge. The best Core courses choose really significant material to introduce intellectual concepts.” The trouble...
...certainly have had its drawbacks, but it would also have been in the best interests of Harvard undergraduates. Sadly, such a move was never really feasible in today’s environment at Harvard—and there are better things to do than bemoan the loss of a curricular pipedream...
Efforts have been made by the curricular review’s administration—headed by Wolcowitz and Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71—to inform the student body of the issues at stake. But Green said student response so far has been disappointingly tepid...
...diversity of ingredients because I think this semester we’ve really tried to hit on a number of important topics,” he said, listing lobbying on Universal Keycard Access, extended party hours, the curricular review and the University’s planned expansion into Allston as some examples...