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...many Harvard observers say the odds are that the reforms currently under consideration will not have the widespread impact of the original Gen Ed proposals. David Riesman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus, said last week he believes only a few schools--the highly selective one and those with small, cohesive student bodies--could even consider the idea of a core curriculum seriously. Other less well-endowed schools must worry about market forces: they could lose students if they institute too many requirements...
Corporation officials, Faculty representatives and members of the Planning Office met Tuesday and effectively approved a plan to move the Morton Prince House, current home of the Gen Ed Office, from Divinity Ave. to a site across from the Freshman Union on Prescott...
John H. Harvey, assistant to the director of General Education, said yesterday he has no inkling of where the Gen Ed Office will go if the Prince House should become the freshman dean's residence--"I don't think they've thought that far ahead yet," he said...
...CURRENT General Education program has strayed from its original intentions. The idea of a well-rounded, liberal arts program has been perverted by a proliferation of upper and lower level Gen Ed offerings. Departmental bypasses have further eroded the liberal arts concept...
...current Nat Sci offerings and a host of Psych and Soc Rel courses. Contrary to Rosovsky's wishes, students will not necessarily receive a minimal level of math or technological understanding. But more important, the heading will probably end up like the natural science section of the current Gen Ed scheme...