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Before making revisions, however, the CEP will have to consider the availability of Faculty time and the interest on the part of Freshmen in taking part in seminars or tutorials. Ford felt that the program should not be compulsory...
...possible solution to these problems, Ford suggested that the program might be confined to Freshmen who have advanced placement. These students would then have the option of taking seminars or tutorials in the field in which they have advanced placement. The seminars might be taken in lieu of middle group courses for which advanced placement students are now eligible...
...reason for the proposed changes, Ford said, is that many students go through college "Without ever thinking for themselves...
Dean Monro agreed essentially with Ford concerning the need for changes in the Freshman Year. Yesterday Monro enlarged on a speech he made April 10, in which he suggested the possibility of tutorials or seminars in the first year of college...
Monro added that students not only fail often to think for themselves, but also fail to discover that this process is "fun." He praised the teaching methods of David Riesman, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences. Using his "Chicago method," Riesman conducts panel discussions in class and encourages his students to analyze their cultural environment...