"We now have a backlog of students who would not graduate unless we could offer many, many more seminars. And we just don’t have the resources to do that," said Judith Smith, vice provost for undergraduate education… The backlog of seniors fulfilling the seminar requirement caused difficulties for younger students. Some seniors met the rule at the last minute by taking small writing courses. However, that shift took space from underclassmen who need those courses for another requirement, officials said. At the same time, the writing program is anticipating that it may have to eliminate 30 of its 220 sections because of budget cuts, according to its director, Bruce Beiderwell.

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by Larry Gordon, The Los Angeles Times.

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