Word: curricular
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...direct help than they were at being taught to help themselves. In the years since, however, the University's international assistance has taken a dramatic turn. Harvard has practically ceased its export of experts, and has now settled on a role more appropriate for an educational institution: to provide curricular advice to Third World universities...
Others are called on to provide curricular advice, instead of cloning existing programs, such as the plan which a group of HIID faculty are drawing up at the request of the Aga Khan for his proposed Third World university. The length of the training program also varies--from the two-year business management programs the B-School set up in Barcelona, Spain, Nicaragua, and Iran, to two-week long curriculum consultations and seminars such as the one Klitgaard and his colleagues presented to a Mexican university of public administration...
...general, when providing curricular advice today. Harvard shrinks away from setting up new institutions--a common practice of the B-School in the '50s and '60s. The expense of setting up new institutions, coupled with the instability of some Third World countries, has prompted Harvard to opt for more temporary programs. The Nicaraguan Business School, built in 1962, turned into a hospital for several months during the early part of the revolution. The Iranian business school, open in 1972, closed in June 1980 by the decree of the Ayatollah Khomeini. These incidents make two-week seminars seem more appealing...
...general, the programs have been accepted, and through trial and error. Harvard in the '80s has settled on curricular advice as the export that will best aid developing nations. Despite the University's tendency to be low-key--using individual contacts, and restricting advice to already existing institutions or to short-term seminars--the requests from developing nations keep flooding...
Another salient variation on the curricular theme is the summer edition's more liberal standards for academic coursework. Joining the ranks of "Multivariate Calculus," "Principles of Genetics," and "Shakespeare: A Survey of the Plays" are the likes of "Autobiography," "Basic Journalism," and "GMAT/GRE/MCAT Review Courses." (The latter, however, do not count for credit...