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...will drastically improve the academic lives of students who will not be able to reap the full benefits of the new general education curriculum.Petersen and Sundquist have two of these issues on their calendar. The UC should not, however, wait so long to get started, nor should its leaders insist on this restrictive one-issue-at-a-time approach. Unlike Crimson Reading and the teaching hotline, all three of these reforms hinge on faculty and administration approval. Given their limited power in the decisions, it is unrealistic to hope the UC will neatly accomplish one goal per month...
...current proposal, which could face an initial faculty vote as early as next month, “historical illiteracy will be allowed, even if clearly frowned upon,” Gordon said in prepared comments for this past Tuesday’s Faculty meeting.Meanwhile, proponents of the new plan insist it would actually give departments more sway in how general education courses are chosen, and say that more departmental courses would count for general education credit.Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons, who co-chaired the task force that drafted the proposal, also said that the strength of the new curriculum would...
...Japanese workers aren't likely to feel richer or more secure anytime soon. Corporations have kept wages in check in part by shifting more work to part-time employees, who now constitute over 33% of Japan's workforce, up from 20% in 1992. Business leaders insist wages must be suppressed for Japanese companies to compete globally, but Katz points out that enforced fiscal austerity is toxic for the economy as a whole. "If every company cuts wages at the same time, no one is going to buy your products," he says. "That is what's happening...
...Cabinet. Abe has had to rein in his Defense Minister and Foreign Minister over remarks both men made that were critical of the U.S., Japan's key ally. The diplomatic damage was relatively light, but the controversies reinforced the perception that Abe was losing influence. Still, his allies insist he will turn things around. "Abe will demonstrate the leadership to push his ideas forward," says Nakagawa, the LDP secretary-general. "This is his time." If he fails, the Abe era may be measured in months, not years-and Japan will lose a valuable opportunity to prepare for the challenges that...
...Will North Korea eventually give up those facilities as the U.S. and others insist? To answer that, we need to ask why the North developed and secured nuclear weapons, over several decades, at such a high cost and risk. There are a number of reasons. First, nuclear status is a political trophy for Kim Jong Il. From senior party members down to young children, North Koreans have boasted to recent visitors that Kim's great feat of testing a nuclear bomb last October has enabled their country to stand as an equal with the big powers. Second, the nuclear program...