Student Advisory Committee to Taskforce on Educ. Commons

[John R. Velasco]

Greetings Undergrads-

What do you think of the GIR's?

What's your opinion on the HASS/CI Requirement, the Institute Lab, or 
First-Year Classes?

If you're interested in becoming involved in the process of changing these 
requirements, please attend a town-hall meeting to discuss these issues and 
the formation of a Student Advisory Committee to the Taskforce on the 
Educational Commons.

WHEN: Tuesday February 24, 2004 8PM-10PM
WHERE: RM. 4-237
WHAT: A forum to discuss the GIR's, your comments about Undergraduate 
Education, and the formation of a student advisory committee to the 
Taskforce on the Educational Commons.

Questions/comments should be directed to edcomm-request at mit.edu.

Cordially,


Elizabeth Greenwood, 05'
Jessica Rhee, 06'
Chris Suarez, 06'
John Velasco, 05'

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Below is a description of the taskforce and its charge from the President:

The Task Force on the Educational Commons has been charged by the MIT 
President, Charles M. Vest, to review and articulate the goals, content and 
structure of the MIT common undergraduate educational experience.  This is 
something that has not been done in more than fifty years.  The Task Force 
will be composed of approximately 20 faculty as well as four undergraduate 
student representatives, launching in early 2004 and lasting for two years.


The Task Force has been asked to:

- Review the statement of MITs Educational Mission, including the reasoning 
and assumptions of educational and societal context that support it, and 
then reaffirm or modify it as deemed appropriate.
- Derive from the educational mission a specific set of Goals for the 
education of all MIT undergraduate students
- Develop and articulate, at an appropriate level of definition, the 
Content of the curriculum that should be common to the education of all MIT 
undergraduate students
- Develop and recommend to the MIT faculty the formal Structure of the MIT 
undergraduate curriculum, expressed in a set of General Institute 
Requirements or an alternative formulation.
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