<p>Source: <a href="http://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/archives/2006/03/709_blue_about.html#more%5B/url%5D">http://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/archives/2006/03/709_blue_about.html#more</a></p>
<p>BLUE ABOUT THE CRIMSON PLAN FOR GENERAL EDUCATION</p>
<p>February, 2006</p>
<p>The Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences is poised to approve an embarrassing retreat in general education. The committee charged with reforming the current Core Curriculum has instead abandoned the whole idea. In its place, the committee recommends only a minimum distribution requirement for undergraduates-three courses in each of three fields. Since undergraduates will major in one of these fields, this means a distribution requirement of six courses chosen from hundreds offered by faculty in their various disciplines.</p>