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...addition to Maier and Menand, the other committee members who attended the meeting were Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Andrew Knoll, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons. Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, an ex officio member of the committee, was also present, along with other guests...
...think we have made some progress in articulation,” Maier said of the committee’s work, adding however: “There are still decisions to be made...[but] I think we will have something by the fall...
...details lacking from their previous report—such as what Harvard College Courses could look like—and to provide more justification for the foundation of their recommendations by answering questions such as “Why one should move onward from the core,” Maier said...
...Every faculty member will tell you the defects” of the March report, he said. That 10-page report was notoriously lacking of detail, and Maier said the committee is hoping that its new and longer report will placate professors with a “much fuller explanation” of the choices the committee made, including the way it hopes to balance distributional requirements with special general education courses...
...think we are all fairly agreed that there will be much more chance for distribution requirements to be done within the department [than was possible under the Core],” said Maier, but “we want to get a proposal that is much more persuasive...