Word: gens
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Toyota is taking a different approach to the customization craze. Its new line of Gen Y-oriented Scions will hit dealer lots in June with a standard package that lets buyers choose from three wheel-cover designs--or pay $665 to upgrade to ritzier alloy rims. "A lot of people go right out and buy custom wheels," says spokeswoman Ming-Jou Chen. "We want to give them a choice from the factory." A choice, mind you, that is no bigger than...
...appointed a group of professors to examine the role of “education in a free society,” with a specific focus on the way Harvard educates its undergraduates. That group’s work gave rise to the creation of the General Education (Gen Ed) system, the academic predecessor to the Core that established a set of distribution requirements for all students...
...generation later, in the wake of the tumultuous 1960s, advances in research and a growing dissatisfaction with the Gen Ed system—which many felt no longer provided an adequate educational foundation for students—then-Dean of the Faculty Henry A. Rosovsky called upon professors to once again look closely at the Harvard curriculum...
...Obviously, we need to have some sort of Gen Ed requirements,” says Martin, though she adds, “I’m not sure we have the balance...
...Gen Ed system also led to the slow decline of the tutorial system, as some concentrations decided to stop offering their small advanced courses for upperclassmen...