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...these specific points of contention are, in fact, technicalities. The true issue is whether universities can develop innovative curricula without being harrassed by narrow traditional interests within a profession...
...conference might have worked as a giant workshop. Just the exchange of information on what different schools offered in the way of curricula, student services, amount of student self-government, would have made it all worthwhile. The individual committees--on issues ranging from academics to student life to the role of the university in social and political affairs--could have pooled information, come up with a comparative report, offered some suggestions. But somewhere along the line, many committees got lost in the effort to come up with resolutions (calling for divestiture of investments in South Africa, among other things...
...Great Debate" over education, instigated by Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan two years ago. Central to many widespread demands are calls for greater emphasis on applied science and the production of engineers, technologists, etc., from the universities--which may seem innovative. But in other demands for "commoncore" curricula in both secondary and higher education--minimum standards of literacy and numeracy as opposed to flexible choice--the English tendency to conservatism in education is manifest. Many academics still complain that too few students are brought up on the classics of the English literary heritage, and there are constant letters...
...will replace its old Nat Sci, Soc Sci, Hum program, but H. Daniel Cohen, acting dean of the college, says the faculty is considering three options. One is an eight-course core curriculum for all students; another would let students choose among five or six sets of eight-course curricula; the third option (which Harper calls the Harvard Plan) would be a three-area distribution requirement with a limited choice of courses...
Since the Core was passed only last year, the extent of influence it will have on other schools is not yet clear. If officials at other institutions revising their curricula are familiar with any other general education program, it is usually Harvard's. But sometimes they tend to feel bitter about what they see as Harvard's undeserved limelight. Nevertheless, phone calls continue to pour into University Hall requesting information on the Core. Schools as unlike Harvard as the University of Tampa and the University of Puget Sound are considering core curriculums. As Riesman notes, "The affluent started out wearing...