COLUMN: PCUE: The Future of Undergraduate Education

At the May Unrvenily Count meeting I asked Provost Chodorovw if any ofthe proposals Som Be One of the Report of the Provost Council on Undeqrsduate Education CLUE) would be implemented before students refined in the fill and had a chance to resoew thenl. He assured me they would not. None that the PCUE Phase One report has been published in the AIm~c I can see why no proposals cats be illlEelemented; no proposals enst. At least it doesnt look like it PCUE Phase One is a set of vale goals X almost evedoody on Bus will agree wtth. ~ is necessary is not this a~ouEon of goals, but rather solid detailed proposals thal; we can take action on PCLE itselfatits in the Phase One report that it is not yet at His stage in Heir process. File I know that the administrators faculty, and students on PCUE are some of He most ieEgent and dedicated people on campus, I worry ~ the mitisl promise of PCWJE wil be lost if thy do not have Hee sped if ic proposals to reach He general goals that have beel} laid out Hisis sumlner. For example, Phase One says Eat "...the essence of evely Peal undergraduate will include engagement with faculty and older (equate) students. ." No lilting,. What is needed is a bold move like reclean a senior thesis for all Penn students and requiring Vulty and gad students to assist and guide Rem.. Another example is the old saying Perm needs more of a rluxtre of theory and pracolee. kstead of repeating is platitude, W0lat l$ nied B a specHo plm for how to stagnate red world e~a~e sto ti classroom. more tnps to Wall Street or local businesses fior Whartomtes, more involvement wig Philadelphia * hall for political science classes, and the like Rather than talking about more co

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