Word: curriculums
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...looking for a liberal arts identity to fit the 21st century. The Preliminary Report of the Task Force on General Education suggested as much when it proposed, “a new rationale for general education at Harvard, one that is distinct from the rationale for the present Core Curriculum.” For the most part, the Task Force likes what it has but needs a more convincing justification for the status quo. Perhaps we need something more revolutionary, though at Harvard a dramatic change seems unlikely. One of the initial approaches of the Committee on General Education favored...
...resident tutor in PfoHo, was one of those kids who didn’t trek out to weekly Dems’ meetings when he was a Harvard undergrad. Instead, he was involved in the politics of the campus, working for the Undergraduate Council and advocating for an undergraduate curriculum reform. The immediate issues that were prevalent and close to home were the ones that occupied his mind. Now, though, Rahn is working full time for the political action committee that he started, ActBlue.com, an online fundraising website for the Democratic Party. He says that as he saw the political situation...
...Science B-57, “Dinosaurs,” Literature and Arts B-48, “Chinese Imaginary Space,” and English 151, “The 19th Century Novel” aren’t sufficiently relevant to be included in the general education curriculum, the committee runs the risk of trivializing a host of departments and a number of highly distinguished academics. Though it may be that the scope of some courses makes them better suited to the new Core, the committee seems to be specifically accusing these courses of teaching material that...
...embarrassing as it might be to begin again, this curriculum sorely needs to be shifted away from its heavy emphasis on the contemporary and practical to provide a broader, more fulfilling set of divisions. Now, if we just added a few more literature and arts courses, changed back “United States: Historical and Global Perspectives” and “Cultural Traditions and Cultural Change” to “Historical Studies,” and renamed “The Ethical Life” to something a little less preachy sounding...
...added. Harvard has long recognized China’s importance as a country, Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez wrote in an e-mail yesterday. “Among the founding courses of the post-World War II ‘new’ general education curriculum were the two semesters on East Asian history and civilization.” The proliferation of students from China, particularly at the graduate and professional schools, has caused those schools to develop substantial China-related activities, he added. According to Harvard School of Public Health Dean Barry R. Bloom, who sits...