Word: core
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There are too many intellectual and educational casualties among the student body of Harvard. Our students deserve better," Bennett bellowed. Not exactly a typical birthday greeting. Although Bennett raised some valid points--such as the problems with Harvard's advising system and the Core Curriculum-the good secretary failed to butress his conclusion with anything resembling researched support. Even Bok said Bennett didn't sound too "sober...
Most of the Secretary's address was confined to the kind of ethnocentric blather that we have come to expect from this Administration. Bennett called for a return to fundamentals in education and basing classes on the core values of Western civilization. The Secretary also harped on the importance of self-discipline and a drug-free campus. His allegations were poingantly Reaganesque, well formed with appropriate anecdotes, yet totally lacking a systematic or considered basis that might have lent them any credence...
...There was a line of black & white clad Harvardians reaching from Johnston Gate to Somerville. A rumour was sweeping through the line that to be admitted you had to be able explain Harvard's tenure system. Of course, this was a lie. You only had to know the Ten Core Requirements...
...Russia, an uplifting history of prerevolutionary Russian culture, its spiritual qualities and love of nature. Indeed, Massie has continued to visit the White House, most recently late last month, when she lunched with the Reagans. Massie sees Reagan as a man who "focuses on the individual -- that's the core...
...recent years, MIT has strengthened core requirements in the humanities, arts and social science, but Gray said changes being considered would go beyond broadening the curriculum...