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...chairman of the Committee, feels that the Redbook was a product of the intellectual climate of the end of the war, and that the educational demands of society have changed so much that it is no longer applicable. Further, he points out, the idea of single courses to be taken by every undergraduate is completely opposed to Harvard's strong elective tradition...
Even before the Sputnik era, emphasis on science and learning taken on their own merits was increasing, and the demand for General Education was on the wane. A similar transformation taking place within Harvard has put more and more emphasis on professional training and scholarship...
Most conspicuous, Humanities 6, a course which Professor Brower admits is not General Education in the traditional sense, has taken on a singularly ambivalent character as both an English department course and General Education. It is the only sectioned introductory course, and the enrollment problem has become so difficult that English concentrators were given preference among sophomore applicants last year and this...
Aside from the lecture requirement, there is an "exploratory" course now that must be taken in freshman year. Its similarity to General Education requirements indicates that Sarah Lawrence has surrendered some of the radicalism of which it is so proud. A student's curriculum is planned on an individual basis by the student herself and an advisor, known as a "don." It is this catering to individual needs that forms the core of the Sarah Lawrence philosophy. The don, whose chief function is academic guidance, also serves as a sympathetic ear for all the student's problems, though their psychiatric...
...delegation--eight men and four women--stayed in groups of two at the Business School, Divinity School, Adams House, Kirkland House, Bertram Hall, and Comstock Hall during their stay, and after the first night two or more of them would be taken out to dinner or invited to a home by a different person each night...