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But this isn't necessarily the case. The party line on the Core, as explained in Courses of Instruction, is that the Core is supposed to "introduce students to the major approaches to knowledge in areas that the faculty considers indispensable to undergraduate education. It aims to show what kinds...
A new emphasis on diversity in first-year orientation would also help; College officials seem to spend more time on the plagiarism policy than on introducing first-years to their new, ethnically diverse community. Epps should work closely with Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth S. Nathans, who is revamping orientation week...
Yet despite the emphasis on method over matter,the Core Committee is unlikely "to extend thedoctrine of `free substitutability' to areasbeyond Science A and B," according to Dean ofUndergraduate Education Lawrence Buell, who sitson the committee with nine other faculty members.
The emphasis on "modes of inquiry" would alsoallow for both choice of courses and the carryoverof specific skills to other endeavors.
The new emphasis on academic and political affairs was shown clearly last year during a campaign by the organization to keep Ali S. Asani, an associate professor of Indo-Muslim culture, at the University. Asani remained at Harvard, and the effort encouraged a more active policy for the SAA, members...