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...Well back-to-basics is such an elusive and ambiguous term that I certainly wouldn't want to say that's all it is. I think to most people, back-to-basics connotes a kind of remedial education, or a kind of drill on the fundamentals. I don't think that's a very good description of what the Core is trying to do. What the Core is attempting to do is to define the most important elements of the liberal education, the most important intellectual skills and the most important ways and methods of apprehending the important areas...
Further, the reforms propose that every fulltime professor teach a minimum of one tutorial per term, insuring active participation by Faculty in undergraduate education on a basic level. Finally, the legislation suggests that large departments offer special junior seminars led by Faculty members, giving students a choice of taking a more intimate tutorial with a graduate student or working with an experienced Faculty member in a larger group...
Robert W. Fogel, Burbank Professor of Political Economy, heads an NBER program concerned with long-term trends in the development of the American economy. One of his studies deals with the economics of change in human stature through the years. He says he is finding that the rate of change reflects the wealth of the community. "It's a very good index of inequality of income. We're using it to investigate patterns by which different income and wealth existed and the circumstances under which they disappear and diminish," Fogel explains. He adds that a number of researchers felt there...
Higonnet points out that many professors will agree to direct a senior thesis, because it "does not require constant effort," but will not teach a sophomore or junior tutorial, because "it involves rearranging their schedule and not teaching a course that term...
...will "invite" her colleagues to teach tutorials next year, but cannot predict how many professors will actually come forward. The English Department will not offer any special seminars next year, even though Bowersock's reforms mandate that all students who take tutorials "shall have the option in one term of their sophomore or junior year" to take a special professor-run seminar. McKinsey states simply, "We don't feel we need...