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...Educational Policy Committee (EPC) report, which deals with changes to concentration structure, was released to pointed criticism prior to last month’s Faculty meeting. In response, committee member David I. Laibson told professors yesterday that his group had abandoned a recommendation to force concentrations to trim their requirements down to no more than 12 courses...
...Laibson, an economics professor, also backtracked on the committee’s initial proposal to eliminate all joint concentrations in favor of secondary fields—akin to minors—and said that many popular joint concentrations would stay intact under the recommended system...
Introducing yesterday’s discussion, Laibson told professors the EPC “will continue working until our proposal has the support of the overwhelming majority of the Faculty...
...Laibson disagreed, however, pointing to the EPC’s recommendation that concentration choice be delayed until the middle of sophomore year. This would give students less encouragement to “default” to courses in popular departments, he said...
...Laibson emphasized that the secondary fields are a “superset” that would include any joint concentrations that interest students, without the restrictions imposed by the joint thesis requirement...