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While the first Gen Ed focused on categories of thought, the Core asked students to think strictly within a discipline...
...about a quarter-century later, University President Lawrence H. Summers decided it was time to evaluate the curriculum again. As specialized courses infiltrated the Core Curriculum, the program became more difficult to define. The Faculty then decided to return to the interdisciplinary study that the first Gen Ed program espoused...
...Book defined Harvard to the whole country for a period of 20 years,” said former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68, who graduated under the first Gen Ed curriculum. “The Harvard Faculty actually thought they were doing something important for the world by teaching these kinds of courses. There’s nothing in the air of that kind...
...Gen Ed committee searches for new classes to incorporate into its program next year, professors worry that loopholes in the new curriculum’s structure may allow for specialized courses that deviate from the ideal of a general education. “The structure is the same, of course,” said Gross, “because institutions are comfortable with what they’re used...
Philosophy Professor Alison Simmons, who co-chaired the later committee that produced the final Gen Ed legislation, agreed. “Nobody was in charge of the discussion,” she said. “It was like a section that’s a free-for-all.” Between 2004 and 2006, with 12 other committees exploring different areas of the undergraduate experience, and no one clearly in charge of the main Gen Ed committee, progress was slow. In January 2006, the committee finally agreed on a distribution requirement that would include all classes...