Word: curriculums
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...while the group's pro bono lawyers fight for Alevi rights in court. Last year, an Alevi parent, angered by compulsory religion classes his teenage daughter had to attend at school, took Turkey to the European Court of Human Rights and won. The court ruled the predominantly Sunni Muslim curriculum "did not uphold the principles of pluralism and objectivity that a democratic society needs". It criticized the lack of information on Alevi beliefs, rituals and prayer forms, and urged remedy. The government has so far refused to change the curriculum...
...attention that’s accompanied the initiatives to tinker with the Administrative Board or reconsider the Undergraduate Council. But in the long run, poured concrete has a much longer lifespan than disciplinary styles—today, Eliot dining hall remains more intact than President Eliot’s curriculum. Rather than leaving this discussion in the hands of experts and commissioners, we ought to keep physical space at the center of a broad discussion about how we live our everyday lives as Harvard students...
Nowhere is the lack of enthusiasm during this transition period more evident than in the all-but-abandoned administration of the Core curriculum. Although administrators followed through on their pledge to relax criteria and streamline the process by which departmental courses are eligible for Core credit, efforts to encourage faculty to apply for Core credit are half-hearted at best. In spite of the fact that courses no longer need give final exams, can now be offered by visiting professors, and that even seminars are eligible, the Core Standing Committee received no more proposals this year than last. In each...
...faculty of what is purportedly among the world’s premier undergraduate institutions to be so sluggish in implementing a new curriculum is appalling. With Gen Ed only a few months away from its launch, this program needs to rediscover the impetus and the mission that it sought to embody in its preliminary report. It is incumbent upon Dean Hammonds, who take office on June 1, to restore the sense that Gen Ed is guided by a unified vision of global leadership and engagement. If the program hopes to be successful, Hammonds must use her influence, wielding the power...
SERIES This editorial is the second in a two-part series that addresses the transition from Harvard’s Core Curriculum to General Education...