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...many accounts, Knowles has simultaneously increased faculty consultation from the Spence era and streamlined FAS bureaucracy. In addition to adding two effective committees, the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) and the Resources Committee, according to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Vincent J. Tompkins, Knowles always tests big ideas against the faculty...
...first example of Knowles’ preference for efficient and informal bureaucracy came with his establishment of the Educational Policy Committee (EPC), an unofficial body advising him on undergraduate education, in 1992 that has been a model of efficiency over its decade of existence...
...Knowles initially charged the committee to mount an unofficial review of all undergraduate concentrations. The committee finished its first set of reviews in the fall of 1993 and has continued to review about four concentrations a year, according to EPC member and Professor of Philosophy Richard G. Heck. In addition, all changes to concentration requirements must also be approved by the EPC...
Government concentrators have long complained about their introductory course requirements. Students and Faculty in the department have worked together to devise a proposal that would, among other things, eliminate this cumbersome requirement. If the proposal is approved by the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) on April 18, new government concentrators, starting with the Class of 2004, will enter a department changed for the better...
Eliminating the introductory course requirement and extending the sophomore tutorial are reasonable proposals that address legitimate curricular concerns raised by both students and Faculty in the government department. We strongly urge the EPC to approve these changes...