Word: gen
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...addition to departmental pressures, the entire College is changing its attitude toward the fundamental ideas of Gen Ed. The most recent manifestation is the Freshman Seminar program. Called by one member of the General Education Committee "advanced work for specialists," the seminars are directed toward far more specialized work than is normally done during the Freshman year, and are in direct opposition to the General Education program. "I feel that the fate of the General Education program depends a great deal on the fate of these other experiments," says Howe; "you can't have both...
...influence of the General Education Committee has diminished during the last decade. Ten years ago the Committee would surely have been extensively consulted during the planning of such a program; this year it was presented with the accomplished fact, and told, in effect, that if it did not permit Gen Ed credit the entire Freshman year experiment would probably collapse...
...years ago such action would have been strongly resented, as was President Pusey's appointing Rev. George A. Buttrick to teach an upper level Gen Ed course without consulting the Committee. The most conspicuous sentiment this fall was one of slight confusion...
Accompanying the growing emphasis on specialization is a personnel problem which the Natural Science program has felt for some years. But even now, as it seems possible that distinguished scientists will take greater interest in teaching Gen Ed courses, the difficulties are becoming more acute in other fields...
Murdock feels that this is the greatest threat to the Gen Ed program. He was pleased when the Corporation abolished joint appointments (like summer, because he felt that it would both reduce the chances of getting men who were not qualified members of their departments and cut down the feeling in certain areas that a few individuals were responsible for the department's work in General Education...