CHICAGO – The Committee of Curriculum Renewal revealed new details yesterday about an upcoming change in Feinberg’s ever-evolving curriculum. In a recent press release, the Committee detailed their plans to change the Northwestern Competency Compass: “upon further reflection, we realized that we expect more from our graduates than a simple 8-point compass could ever represent, so we have jointly decided to launch an updated version that fully encompasses (pun intended) all the ideals we expect of our student body.” The Feinberg website has now been updated to reflect the changes, revealing for the first time the new 32-point Competency Compass (pictured below)

In a recent interview with certain committee members, one Dean explained the committee’s thought process behind the new compass. “We were beginning to feel limited by our 8 competencies, each one already has 3-8 subheadings. So we wanted to make things simpler for the class and produce a streamlined, easy-to-remember visualization of our many expectations.”

The administration isn’t ready to stop at 32. The Committee disclosed plans on the next update: “Well we know we are going to have trouble inserting new expectations into the new compass, so we’re exploring options to create a 3-dimensional polygonal compass with enough corners to fit future additions, something akin to a ‘star polychoron’, perhaps a ‘great grand stellated 120-cell’ (pictured top right), we just want to make sure we make things as easy as possible for students to digest.”