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...this shouldn’t limit Gen Ed to material only meant for the “real world” beyond graduation. Will someone sit through a class on the environment and then use that knowledge in his investment bank’s analysis of scalable oil markets? Probably...
...Gen Ed committee should not underestimate the utility of satisfying intellectual experiences. When deciding what classes count or what new classes to teach, I hope they realize that we are not just future global citizens, world leaders or thinkers, but people with questions that we want answered now. I likely will never step foot in a lab again, but at least I grew as a person by learning about the plight of the meadow voles...
...General Education. Smith said that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will loosen the requirements for departmental courses to fulfill Core requirements. The development, was officially announced in an e-mail sent by Smith to faculty members on Friday afternoon. Although the curricular review was completed this spring, the Gen Ed requirements that will replace the Core will not apply to all students until after the current freshman class graduates, Jay M. Harris, the director of the committee established to implement Gen Ed, told The Crimson last week. As a result, all currently enrolled students will have the option...
...students in as few as two years, Jay M. Harris, chair of the faculty and student committee in charge of the transition, said that the Class of 2011 will definitely be able to graduate under the Core. “They may have the option of finishing under Gen Ed, but that I can’t guarantee,” Harris said. Current sophomores, juniors, and seniors will graduate under the Core. After speculation about the possibility of relaxing requirements as the Core nears its end, administrators are taking concrete steps to ensure that more departmental courses across...
...Perhaps the most surprising moment of nuance came when Bush responded to a question about the scathing criticism leveled against the Administration by the former top commander in Iraq, Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who said recently that national leaders had been incompetent in their prosecution of the war. At first, Bush seemed to give the ex-General a pass, saying, "I admire General Sanchez's service to the country." But then he said, "The situation on the ground has changed quite dramatically since he left Iraq." If you wanted to be generous, you could read that as meaning Sanchez' criticisms...