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Dean of Undergraduate Education Susan Pedersen '82 remembers using intersession her senior year to "take advantage of a week of uninterrupted peace and quiet to work on my thesis." Pedersen wrote in an e-mail message that she borrowed the apartment of a friend who was going out of town for the week, and "became a hermit on Harvard Street for five or six days...
...There are many worthy goals in terms of undergraduate education," Pedersen said. "Our concerns are always whether we can meet all of them what are the tradeoffs...
...instance, while Pedersen said she would like freshman seminar offerings to expand to even more areas beyond the humanities, she said some innovation is needed to conceive of small-group instructional experiences within the sciences...
...science departments feel very stretched and a bit short-staffed, and they're worried about their capacity to offer freshman seminars and, at the same time, to offer intro classes regularly and have them well-taught," Pedersen said...
Although members of the Faculty will debate the merits of the proposal at a Faculty meeting tomorrow, Pedersen said she is unsure when Faculty will vote on the particular changes...