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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...present semester, there are only three Literature and Arts B classes that have not been limited in size by a lottery or other means, in large part because of the limited offerings. This limited capacity is further strained because many departments use certain Core classes as introductory requirements, so that concentrators often displace those students forced to take the classes simply to fulfill Core requirements...
Lotteries have always been present, especially in the Core, but until this year they were just a nuisance, not a burning issue. The key to the problem is briefly mentioned in the staff position. Return the shopping period to its original length, giving everyone time to recover if thrown out of a course, and lotteries will fade into the background where they belong...
ANOTHER aim of the shortened shopping period was to reduce the bureaucratic backlog at the registrar's office by getting all the paperwork done sooner so professors could present accurate class lists more quickly. The avalanche of change requests this year, however, demonstrated that this aspect of the plan an obvious failure...
...dean also said that while she favors experimentation in alternative teacher certification, the Bush proposal might present certain problems. Under the new program, people who have mastered a subject in their profession can bypass certification programs and teach without training...
Thomas also blamed journalists who do not take the time to study the history of the crisis for one-sided reporting. "The past there lives in the present, and you have to know history," she said...