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...worst. Yet Harvard’s course catalog continues to feature a grand total of zero courses in the subject. If Harvard is to have any sort of meaningful core curriculum—one which must aim to create informed, global citizens—then the inclusion of a survey course in world geography is absolutely essential. Take Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, for example. All freshmen must either pass a very difficult placement exam or take the pass-fail introductory geography course, “Map of the Modern World.” While this particular...
This year’s freshmen who concentrate in history will no longer have to take History 10a and 10b, two survey courses in Western civilization, as part of a new system of requirements approved by the History department last week, chair of the department Andrew D. Gordon ’74 said...
...Even more impressive: businesses don't get tax breaks or other subsidies to help foot the bill. All the German government pays for is the two days a week apprentices spend in vocational school. So what's in it for the companies? According to a recent survey, 90% of the firms that offer apprenticeships say they do so because skilled employees simply are not available on the job market...
...survey, which was completed by 208 students in Lamont Library and Quincy Dining Hall, found that undergraduates want a “Harvard-esque” social space with tables and chairs available for quiet studying...
Most students, however, would disagree with that solution. Editorials on this page have routinely called for and finally hailed the plan for a pub at Loker. And according to a survey leaked to the Boston Globe last spring, undergrads ranked the College in the bottom five of 31 other schools for social life and sense of community. The major complaint was the lack of place for students to socialize...