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...means clear that the fast lane is indeed overcrowded. Since Dr. Davis first suggested changes in Advanced Standing, the Education Resources Group and the Committee on Undergraduate Education have hotly debated the proposal, and have raised serious questions. But The Crimson article ignores the role of ERG and CUE in helping set Harvard's educational policy...
...students while 396 is not? Dr. Davis has claimed that students entering with 3 acceptable scores are "marginal" A.P. students, but his office has not yet completed a study requested by CUE to document the phenomenon (if the study has been completed, it has not yet been released to ERG...
...Core poses a more interesting problem. The philosophical contradiction between the Core and Advanced Standing was first pointed out to CUE by student members of ERG. The only ways to achieve logical consistency are to abolish the Sophomore Standing Program entirely or to accept the concept (proposed by a CUE faculty member) of a one-to-one credit system between A.P. and Harvard courses. Neither change is likely to be adopted soon...
...must be assured for Advanced Standing students. Admittedly, faculty politics are important, but students' welfare should take priority. Dr. Davis feels that students who accept Sophomore Standing and stay four years can "abuse" the program to reduce their Core requirements. But 57 per cent of 569 undergraduates polled by ERG last spring felt that course flexibility was a legitimate reason for an Advanced Standing Program. This is the most important benefit for students who do stay a fourth year. Dr. Davis's proposed legislation would empower the Core Committee to rescind Core credit previously granted to such students. The ERG...
...Educational Resources Group (ERG), which originally suggested this solution, also proposed to make any student with Advanced Placement (A.P.) test credit eligible for Core credit, whether or not be enrolled in the sophomore standing program. The ERG also said students should be able to take A.P. tests at Harvard, perhaps during Freshman Week...