Making changes to core faculty seems to be in vogue these days. An MIT faculty panel recently passed on to their president proposed changes in the MIT curriculum.
The principle recommendations are:
1. The Science Core will be replaced with a single-eight subject science, math and engineering requirement.
2. The Humanities, Arts and Social Studies requirements will be changed to an eight-subject requirement that is divided into two major parts - foundational and concentration phases.
3. MIT will emphasize international education experience - experience working and living with people from other countries.
4. MIT will use this period of curricular renewal to enhance the undergrad teaching infrastructure
The complete summary of the report and recommendations can be found here
The full report can be found here
What I wonder is why all of a sudden do things need to be changed?
Did the wind shift?
Why is MIT, Harvard, Stanford and the like now thinking things need to be move around?
I'd like some insight into the what caused them to rethink their educational strategies.
What do you think?
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