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...next year Social Relations 148 and 149, courses with a combined enrollment of over 900 students. The chairman, Roger Brown, has suggested that the leaders of the two courses, Thomas J. Cottle and Jack Stauder, both assistant professors, apply for General Education sponsorship. But this is hardly any solace. Gen Ed Director Edward T. Wilcox refuses to estimate the chances of the courses' approval under his program. The leaders of Soc Rel 148 and 149 do not think the chances are good...
Several more recent arguments have been voiced by Brown for moving the courses into Gen Ed: "The two courses raise a number of questions of educational policy which are too large to be decided by any one department." The last time Brown took this tack, this fall, he was attempting to get rid of 148--but failed. Although the course had been approved by the department and by Dean Ford before school began and by the CEP in late September, Brown referred it to the CEP again on October 9. The CEP approved it for a second time, with Dean...
...From their inception, the two courses have faced continued opposition from some members of the Soc Rel Department," the statement says. "We believe that the present objections, and the suggestion that we apply to Gen Ed, are just another attempt to abolish...
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...There is plenty of evidence to show that the two courses will not be accepted by Gen Ed," the statement continues. "Even if they were accepted, it seems highly unlikely that Gen Ed would allow undergraduate or unpaid section leaders, or other essential aspects of the courses...