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...Harvard-Radcliffe Policy Committee issued one of its rare "policy resolutions" yesterday, after sub-committee wranglings, weeks of discussion, and consultation with the Faculty. What the HPC recommended--a free fifth course for all undergraduates, with the option of having it graded just "pass" or "fail"--is exciting. It would add another element to a Harvard education: gambling...
...Harvard Policy Committee is gauging student interest in several possible Nat Sci courses at the request of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The HPC is distributing questionaires, circulating petitions, and conducting interviews in several houses and Radcliffe dorms...
...HPC is testing three course outlines for student interest at this time. One course would discuss the degradation of the environment, considering such topics as air and water pollution. Another would explore research in the physics of solids with attention to such relevant developments as transistors. The third would consider electrical phenomena, including the laser...
...Division is also considering a course on fluid mechanics, and the HPC may circulate new questionnaires to test student reaction...
...beginning its work on General Education courses, therefore, the HPC should insure that a wider range of academic bockgrounds is represent. It should exercise direct control over the selection of panel members, and give clear instructions to its investigators. The HPC should work more closely with the student body, whose opinions and ideas it must transmit, as well as with the CEP, whose questions it must answer. Failing to adopt this approach, it will miss the exciting opportunity that Dean Ford and the CEP have presented...