Word: rigorousity
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The increasingly rigorous scientific grounding has in turn altered the political context of the debate, blurring the battle lines between liberals and conservatives over environmental policy, Wilson says.
"It is important that the tutorials be very rigorous. The Core has been such a sacred cow that we have really not been asking...what the impact of the Core has been on course offerings," Ozment says.
As more and more students fulfill concentration requirements by less rigorous, large Core classes, it becomes more important to keep tutorials well taught and challenging, Ozment says.
"Some faculty are concerned that if your department's involved in the Core, it hurts your concentration curriculum," Ozment says. By teaching less rigorous Core classes, "some of the muscle of the department is being atrophied."
IT'S 1990 and environmental awareness is trendy. Earth Day is a "hot topic." But current environmentalism has become a widespread fad by sacrificing rigorous standards of conservation. The issues being discussed and the changes being demanded are the kind that nearly everyone can support. They are moderate. In return...