Word: higonnet
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...there is reason for optimism. Professor of History James Hankins, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History Steven Ozment, Goelet Professor of French History Patrice Higonnet '58, and Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies Charles S. Maier '60, appear to have adaptations of History 10 ("Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures") headed into the core for 1995-96. As Ozment notes, "The distinctive feature of a liberal education has traditionally been the acquisition of a deep sense of precedent, so the goal has been to give students a long perspective on the world they live...
...students are missing out," Bisson says. Heattributes the low enrollments in Higonnet's classto "a collective misjudgment, a herd instinct...
...Higonnet says he has taken the student"misjudgment" to heart enough to considerreworking the class again...
...intellectual mistake, but it's notwhat the public wanted," says Higonnet. "I have torework it, to make it more canonical...
Since the Core guidelines do not permittraditional surveys, this move would require allprofessors teaching History 10--which would beboth a department class and a Core--to make theirapproach thematic, like Higonnet...