From UCLA Today, June 1, 2012: Faculty in the College
of Letters and Science have voted down
a proposal to require all undergraduates to enroll in a general education
course in a new sub-category called Community
and Conflict in the Modern World. The
results of the vote by the College faculty, which began May 18 and ended May
25, were announced today (June 1) by the College’s Faculty Executive Committee,
made up of faculty and student representatives. The committee put the proposal
up for a vote after more than a year of discussion, analysis and revision. "I’m deeply disappointed that the
proposed new general education requirement was not approved, and I’m especially
disappointed for the many students who worked with such passion to make the
case for a change in curriculum set by faculty," Chancellor Gene Block
said in a statement. "I supported the Community and Conflict in the Modern
World proposal, an important piece of a comprehensive strategy to help expose
students to different viewpoints as part of their scholarly experience...”
Isn’t there a saying about best laid plans and something about mice and men?
UPDATE: The Daily Bruin has a story on the vote on the Community and Conflict course at:
http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2012/06/ucla_college_faculty_reject_community_and_conflict_in_the_modern_world_ge_requirement
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