Word: gov
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...Harvard Policy Committee's intensive study of the Government Department and the Department's favorable response to the HPC's major proposals acts a solid precedent for the future of the Educational Audit and similar programs. Equally important is the significance of what the HPC's Gov Department report says...
...thrust of the proposed reforms is a call for relief from over-specialization. This is an old complaint, and could probably be made against any department which has concentration requirements. But it is especially relevant in the case of Gov, which requires a student to specialize in one of the Department's three areas and then to take two sets of generals--one in his own and one in all the other areas. Because of the heavy weight given to generals in computing the degree of honors, "take as many gov courses as you can possibly squeeze in" becomes...
...relevance as an area of study by being put in context with related fields. This is not to say that government is not worth studying for its own sake, but--as Harvard's refusal to name its Department "political science" implies--it is not a precise discipline, and the gov major can only gain by drawing from history, sociology, economics, and philosophy. The vast majority of Harvard gov majors, in fact, do not go on to graduate school in government, but use gov as a foundation from which to enter law, journalism, or politics...
...mobilize popular support against the highway. Doing either of these things will be difficult, but even if it does succeed, the prospect of the Inner Belt's being scrapped remains slim. One must reckon with the facts: both state and federal highway officials are highly committed to the road; Gov. John A. Volpe is solidly behind the highway; and thus far, the opposition has lacked both the breadth and depth to convince any pro-Belt politician that his political salvation lies in a change of position. Opposition to the Inner Belt is a local Cambridge issue. Under just the right...
...Gov. John H. Chafee (R.R.I.) last night said that he saw no encouraging prospects for Republican candidates seeking election to Congress...