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...January decision to cut interest rates on student loans was welcome. But despite its good intentions, Congress did not do enough. The efficacy of its latest effort was tempered by an imminent expiration date and last year’s $12 billion cut to the federal loan program??both of which limit the ability of such loan programs to truly aid those in need. Congress should solidify its commitment to higher learning by expanding its loan program, thereby making college accessible to students on any rung of the socio-economic ladder.While the federal loan program has seen positive...
...Georgian architecture had ballooned out of the range of possibility, so the residents of Quincy House would have to do without the entryway system, bell towers, and the multitude of fireplaces that characterized the older Houses. The other two other additions to the House system paid for by the program??the Leverett Towers and Mather House—would be completed in 1960 and 1970, respectively...
...meeting. He added that he hoped to include in the committee at least one professor who opposed the proposal in yesterday’s 168 to 14 vote.After the 2007-2008 school year, the general education committee will assume the responsibilities of the Standing Committee on the Core Program??but the Core itself, with all of its requirements, may remain in place for several years more as the academic and administrative details of the new curriculum are fleshed out.A LEARNING CURVEAccording to Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan, who served on the three-member...
...said.General education was seen as the centerpiece of the curricular review that began in 2002, but faculty disagreement over the guiding philosophy of the proposed common curriculum delayed the replacement of the much-criticized Core.Several professors continued to express concern yesterday with some of the program??s more specific qualities. Calling the new program “too much of a good thing,” former dean of the College Harry R. Lewis suggested that his colleagues pare down the required number of courses from eight to six.He said that the program??s deficiencies were...
...said that the program??s deficiencies were a result of “the chaos of the past few years...