Word: shattuck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some of the committee members have already been heavily involved with the Core. James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, chaired the original task force on the Core set up in 1975. Wilson now heads the Social and Philosophical Analysis subcommittee...
Harvard currently requires all students to demonstrate a proficiency in a foreign language through either an achievement test or one year in a language course. James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, and his task force on the Core which drew up the preliminary Core proposals and presented them in 1977, recommended that the Faculty abolish the language requirement. The final Core report says the language requirement should remain, but also says, "in view of the complex questions attendant on implementing such a view...all of which require further study, we recommend that the dean appoint a special committee...
...Moreover, certain other courses sprang up that appeared designed to accomodate the needs of specific clienteles: the Natural Science coruse, for instance, that would approach scientific issues from a philosophical or political perspective, or the Humanities course custom-built for the pocket-calculator, pre-med set. James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government and chairman of the special Task Force that reported on the Gen Ed system two years ago said then that "We have never really abandoned the principle of General Education. But the present General Education guidelines are ineffective and worn down." The Task Force's report...
...Faculty Discussion: "Education and Society: The Harvard Tradition." James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, will hold forth in Science Center B. Fondly known as "Captain Lock-em-Up," Wilson is an expert criminologist. The word briliant fits Wilson like on of the fancy suits he wears. So do the words conservative, archaic, and gradeslayer. Whatever, he'll be talking about how great Harvard is, and what a contribution it has made to society (yeah, and napalm was invented here, too), and so on. Skippable, although it might be intersting as a way of seeing how offical Harvard perceives itself...
Voice recital--Isabel Shattuck sings at BU Concert Hall, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston...