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...Harvard College Curricular Review is nearing one of its many milestones today. At yesterday’s meeting, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences discussed the proposals of the Educational Policy Committee (EPC), which has been tasked with exploring changes to Harvard’s concentration structure. Its report suggests that changes in the fundamentals of a Harvard education are brewing. The EPC proposed sweeping changes to the structure of concentrations such as moving concentration declaration to the middle of sophomore year, reducing requirements, and introducing the possibility of a “secondary field,” which would...
...from the end of freshman year to the middle of sophomore year will limit student choice and hinder many concentrations in exchange for a dubious set of benefits. It is true that freshmen schedules are restricted by the need to fulfill their language requirements and complete Expos, and the EPC has argued that students need more time to thoroughly explore fields of potential interest. Another undecided semester would provide that, and it would allow ample contact with upperclassmen who can better inform concentration choices. That said, the downsides to changing the concentration deadline far outnumber these advantages. Not only will...
...Harvard College Curricular Review's Educational Policy Committee (EPC) will release a report of its work to the Faculty on Friday, and a second committee may follow with a report of its own in time for next Tuesday's full Faculty meeting...
...EPC submitted a preliminary report last May, but has since revised the report in response to faculty feedback...
CORRECTION: The print and original online version of the Oct. 20, 2005 news article, "Stalled Review Inches Ahead," incorrectly stated that the Curricular Review's Educational Policy Committee (EPC) would release a new report that day, and that the Advising Committee would re-release a copy of the same report it originally released last May. In fact, the EPC released its report on Oct. 21 and the Advising Committee does not plan to re-release a copy of its May report...