Word: gens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Over the last several years, the number of ethically-oriented catalogue offerings has remained relatively constant, Harvey says. "If there is a growing interest in professional ethics, I haven't seen it in the way of course proposals to Gen...
...multinationals subcommittee during the ITT hearings. In return for dropping possible perjury charges against Hendrix, the Justice Department required Hendrix to cooperate fully with its fledgling ITT probe in subsequent months. Then came the Carter administration's Agnewesque deal with former CIA director Richard Henns last October 31. Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell at that time claimed "national security" considerations required him to allow the former superspook a nolo contendere plea to two counts of the same misdemeanor charge brought against Hendrix. The price Helms paid for this arrangement added a new dimension to the term "plea-bargain:" a pro forma...
Harvard aspires to provide every undergraduate with a broad liberal arts education. This noble goal has been the driving force behind recent efforts to replace the unwieldly General Education system with a rigidly defined Core Curriculum. The impetus for the Core came from the realization that Gen Ed has failed to expose students to important areas of knowledge. Few would dispute the inadequacy of the Gen Ed system. The Core, however, is not the answer to our problems...
...University. Yes, students need guidance badly, but a comprehensive counseling system is needed to maximize each student's potential. Yes, students need a liberal arts education, but counselors who understand the principles of such education can help us design suitable programs from the many courses already offered. Gen Ed failed because it did not help each student develop a curriculum tailored to his or her needs, talents and aspirations. We need to move in this direction, not towards a Core version of Gen...
...should consider the Core Curriculum as but one of many proposed solutions to the failure of Gen Ed. It deservedly points out the need for guidance, structure and broad education at Harvard. But we should not adopt a plan that is fundamentally objectionable. A plan the coerces students, instead of leading them, is more likely to foster resentment than academic enthusiasm. The Faculty should reject the Core and renew its search for a Gen Ed replacement...