Word: general
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unfortunately for both Harvard and the General Education program, little is likely to come of Professor Murdock's recent expression of interest in Advanced Placement exams to exempt students from General Education courses. The compromise between "liberal education" and a modified distribution requirement which is the foundation of the General Education program is so uneasy that any attempt to disturb it will encounter opposition from some quarter, and any sort of exemption would require a revision of basic philosophy...
Nevertheless, the suggestion is significant and worth serious consideration. It would help realize some of the program's oldest aims, and might well provoke a much-needed look at the real objectives of General Education...
Originally advocated by President Edward L. Croman '60, the resolution noted that certain departments "consistently refuse to consider petitions for Honors in General Studies" and called on the Committee on Educational Policy to insure a uniform system of making such awards...
David M. Balabanian '60 took issue with Croman's assumption that cum laude in General Studies was originally intended by the CEP to be an award to those who do not try for Honors in a particular field but still do outstanding work...
Herter will begin formal talks with his French, British and West German counterparts tomorrow in the French Foreign Ministry. Diplomatic sources said the talks, scheduled to last three days, will be under three general headings: Berlin, German reunification, European security...