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The brainchild of Agnes Y. Nieman, the endowed fellowships were proposed to the Harvard Corporation by then-President James B. Conant '14 as an alternative to a school of journalism.
All this begs an important question: Has the traditional liberal-arts curriculum become obsolete? College presidents naturally argue that the skills their schools provide are invaluable. A B.A. degree, says Mary Brown Bullock of Atlanta's Agnes Scott College, "gives graduates the ability to reinvent themselves time and time again...
The Nieman Foundation was established in 1937 by Agnes Wahl Nieman, a Yale alumnus, in honor of her husband Lucius W. Nieman, founder of The Milwaukee Journal. Her goal was "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism and educate persons deemed especially qualified for journalism."
And what's allowed. Exciting as the research potential is, it's also a major plagiarism temptation. Schools in the future may follow the lead of St. Stephens and St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Va., which emphasizes the "ethical use of technology resources" in its student handbook and in computer...
The fellowship was established in 1938 in memory of Lucius Nieman, founder and publisher of the Milwaukee Journal, by his widow Agnes Wahl Nieman. Since then, the fellowship program has enabled more than 1,000 American and international journalists to study at Harvard.