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Word: curricular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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During the last few years, in particular, he came under sharp student criticism for what many felt was his recalcitrant attitude toward any significant change in Law School grading and extra-curricular activity procedures...

Author: By John A. Herfort, | Title: Dean Griswold Appointed Solicitor General | 10/2/1967 | See Source »

...most important curricular change under Griswold has been the growth in International Legal Studies. Aided by a $2 million Ford Foundation Grant in 1955, the fledgling program of International Legal Studies was housed in a new wing of Langdell Hall in 1958 and its courses and seminars steadily increased until they now number...

Author: By William M. Kutik, | Title: Dean Griswold Appointed Solicitor General | 10/2/1967 | See Source »

While the compulsion is an obvious help, no one, of course, is compelled to attend Beloit. This is no problem, for there are volunteers aplenty, thanks to an imaginative curricular package designed by Beloit President Miller Upton to make summer attendance actually attractive for at least a third of the school's 1,100 students each year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges: Beloit's Successful Trimester | 8/11/1967 | See Source »

...prod the committee into action. They wrote an open letter, invaluable as a well-reasoned document of student concern, outlining the areas in in which reforms were needed. It questioned the rigid numerical grading and ranking system, according to which the student's access to important "Honorary" extra-curricular activities, and possibly his future career plans, were determined. Criticism extended to the Honoraries themselves and suggested that many positions be opened up to free competition and that the School provide more activities and practical internship experiences...

Author: By Eleanor G. Swift, | Title: Student-Based Reform Hits Grad Schools | 6/15/1967 | See Source »

...success of the reform movement will ultimately rest on student's understanding of what is needed to liberate themselves from the rigid and often depressing effects of the Law School system. Change in the grading system and the expansion of extra-curricular activities, two issues which the student-faculty committee will bring up next year, might be the key to success. Law students now have a ready-made committee to publicize and deliberate student problems -- they must see that it remains effective...

Author: By Eleanor G. Swift, | Title: Student-Based Reform Hits Grad Schools | 6/15/1967 | See Source »

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