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...Harvard's big selling points is its imposing list of "great men." But it seems that the greater the man, the more unavailable he is to the undergraduate body. Harvard also points with pride to the infinite number and variety of the courses offered in the University. However, the student can take and audit only a very few. Public lectures based on the more general aspects of these courses and delivered by the eminent scholars themselves is a policy that should be continued and expanded. It would give a broader basis to the concept of "general education...
...direct contrast to the University's theoretical stand in favor of individuality, initiative, student responsibility, and the right to individual expression, the Administration assumes an often stifling concern for the welfare and conduct of Penn students. It is highly unlikely that students at any other Ivy League institution received a letter this summer from the president stating, "...it has been my custom to write a letter calling attention to certain qualities which we feel the University may properly expect of its students. Foremost among these are honesty, self-reliance, a high standard of personal conduct, and a concern...
...President Harnwell sent a copy containing these admonitions to every Penn student last September. As one student put it, "This letter is known in Penn circles as the 'On Being Good' letter. It is evidence of the administration's opinion of the level of maturity of the students. It even looks like evidence of a policy to keep that level...
Ultimately, those concerned with the Survey are aiming at increased fluidity in the years of undergraduate and graduate education. "We want to break down the division between the College and grad school," Bradley says. To achieve this end, every student prepares a senior essay, and Honors candidates must complete an ambitious paper, equivalent in depth and difficulty to a Master's thesis...
Furthermore, the College is concerned with raising its standards. At present a B average allows a student to go for Honors degree, and a C- qualifies an undergraduate to enter a major field of study. Honors concentrators who fall below B- level in their work are reclassified as Pass majors, and candidates for a regular degree cannot remain in their major field if their average falls below C-. Students disqualified from concentration must raise their grades to the required level to gain re-admittance. Bradley calls both minimums--especially the C- requirement--"too low," and he is determined...