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Your Nov. 14 article (“Faculty to Discuss Gen Ed Report,” news) only quoted the conclusion of my remarks on the general education proposal. I wish to provide a fuller version of my thoughts: The distressing lack of emphasis on the humanities and on the...
The authors of the latest report on general education responded yesterday to criticism of their proposal at Tuesday’s Faculty meeting, calling the debate “constructive” and a welcome contrast to previous meetings that were overshadowed by the University’s leadership crisis...
“Coach Murphy has put an emphasis on recruiting nationally as well as recruiting against Division I-A scholarship schools,” Fitzpatrick says. “He isn’t intimidated to recruit against a Cal or Stanford or Northwestern.”
On Tuesday, however, this forward-thinking model was endangered. The first regular Faculty meeting to discuss the October general education report was contentious and left no clear decision in sight. Some professors opposed the content-based approach of the report, wishing rather for a methodological emphasis that would introduce students...
Liberal bloggers and their readers helped to swing the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary to anti-war candidate Ned Lamont, raising expectations that the midterms would turn this new generation of online activists into kingmakers. Yet in the midst of a Democratic wave, the netroots candidates failed to sweep, causing some...