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...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...
...most students who arrive at Harvard have the capacity to recognize courses that will aid their intellectual growth. The College can advise all students that a strong Gen Ed background is valuable and important. Nothing more is necessary other than the implementation of a much stronger advisory system. If students are forced into taking these courses they will probably make little attempt to learn from the subject matter...
...better solution to the dilemma posed by the confusing mass of Gen Ed requirements is to set up a totally free elective program which would eliminate the language and expository writing requirements. In its place the Faculty should offer a core of non-required courses that will serve as a basic introduction to certain subjects. The Faculty can insure that students have the option of choosing a complete general education. But students who feel they have learned enough in some areas need not enroll...
...task force should have suggested concrete incentives or requirements to get Faculty members involved in these programs. Requiring students to take what the task force wants is an easy and potentially damaging way of placing the onus of Gen Ed on student shoulders. To quote the dissent of task force member Robert V. Pound, Malinckrodt Professor of Physics...
...Faculty should commit some of the College's resources to getting committed and popular Faculty members to put together interesting courses under a Gen Ed umbrella. Once these professors devote themselves to it, it will be easy for students to see the merits of General Education...