Tim Burke's blog

interesteddad
Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:18:55 +0000

Prof. Tim Burke has posted two really interesting college-related blog entries recently:

a) The first is on the subject of “diversity requirements” in the curriculum. He argues against the need for these…or any other curriculum requirments in a good liberal arts college:

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b) The second is a hot-button item at Swarthmore this week, the annual Coming Out Week chalkings. Based on the number of student editorials in the paper, the campus seems a little fired up. Burke chimes in with his usual well-reasoned, intellectually challenging comments: