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...March 2006, incoming interim University President Derek C. Bok called together a group of around ten professors from the Committee on General Education, including the future architects of the new General Education program—Menand and Simmons. These professors sat in a Loeb House conference room, where the Harvard Corporation meets to decide the direction of the University...
...modify,” said Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Professor David A. Haig, who added he would have preferred to see a distribution requirement. “I thought there was never any real serious bit of philosophical discussions of the pros and cons of different forms of general education...
...paper and in Task Force meetings Menand and Simmons’s legislation seemed like the answer to Bok’s expectations. But now, as Gen Ed’s launch date approaches, translating the ideals of general education into a workable program presents unexpected challenges...
While six courses were approved for General Education credit late last month, one of the curriculum’s eight required categories now only lists one newly created course, and another still offers no new classes. As 1600 incoming freshman and approximately half of the Class of 2012 prepare to fulfill Gen Ed requirements, whether or not the nascent program has taken its intended shape remains in question. While two of the courses approved on February 26 are brand new, four of them are currently offered. There will be no changes to Government 20: “Introduction to Comparative...
...provides us with a general management education with required courses in leadership, corporate responsibility and accountability,” she said. “The trend of some students selecting Wall Street over management in industry was a result of the market, not the education...