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Yale and Princeton recently restructured their distribution requirements. Princeton, whose system now includes a focus on “ways of knowing,” has considered interdisciplinary studies and has discussed options for facilitating first-years?? transition into college life, Dobin says...
Undergraduate Council president Matthew W. Mahan ’05 cites unknowledgeable proctors as a major impediment to first-years?? exploring the curriculum and course catalogue...
Several House Masters said last month that at least currently, their Houses would not be able to accommodate an influx of first-years.Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans adds that she does not think that the Houses could cater to all of the first-years?? needs. “There is no way that Houses will ever have a tutor for every concentration,” she says...
...predictably, instead of providing more funds in aggregate, the Bush administration has recently reduced college aid and proposed harmful new rules for financial assistance. In his proposal to Congress on the Higher Education Act, for instance, the president suggests raising loan limits for college first-years??a move that will almost certainly amplify the financial burden of education for the nation’s neediest citizens. President Bush was right to ask for a new formula for distributing the federal funds already allocated for higher education. But if he really wants to make a difference...
...overcrowding in our dining hall—and faced ridicule whenever we try to do something about it. On March 8, The Crimson reported that Adams was serving over 1,100 dinners a week to first-years, about 40 percent of all dinners served at Adams and a number exceeding all other Houses combined (News, “Adams Closes Dining Hall to First-Years??). You conveniently omit such facts in your opinion...