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...nobody's surprise, the Faculty Council this week announced a "Students Need Not Apply" policy in response to the Educational Resources Group's (ERG) recommendation to allow students to sit on the proposed subcommittees developing courses for Harvard's core curriculum...
...council has also apparently rejected, without benefit of a vote; an ERG proposal that would have allowed students to bypass core requirements by taking two departmental offerings in place of one core course...
Members of the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) attributed the proposal's negative reception to a misunderstanding of ERG's motives...
...ERG and CUE members say they are looking for a happy medium between the current General Education program and the proposed core curriculum. Backers of the ERG proposal say a by-pass option would reduce enrollment in core classes and provide a greater choice of courses...
...members of ERG also passed a resolution to write a statement warning the Faculty to make sure adequate courses can be drawn up that satisfy the stipulations in the core report before the Faculty votes to approve the report's recommendations...