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...have lost some grades that I think students would see as meaningful grades, like B-minus and C-plus,” says Dean of Undergraduate Education Susan G. Pedersen ’81-’82. “Having a whole pile of grades that mean the same thing and four grades to do all the work—that’s our problem...
Reducing Core requirements would give students more control over their academic schedules, said Dean of Undergraduate Education Susan G. Pedersen ’81-’82, who proposed the measure...
Between the Core Curriculum, the Expository Writing program and a language requirement that some students must meet, Harvard imposes up to 12 general education requirements on its undergraduates—a burden the Pedersen said is far heavier than those placed on students by Harvard’s peer institutions...
...Faculty continues to expand the freshman seminar program, eliminating a Core requirement would make first-years feel freer to take a seminar, Pedersen said...
...Both Pedersen and Summers acknowledged yesterday that reducing the requirements by one is not a panacea for all the Core’s flaws, but they insisted the proposal would be a good first step...