Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Princeton curriculum has lately been very materially changed...
This year attention has been drawn to a change in our curriculum. Two new courses, Political Economy X and History XX, have been established, wholly or in large part as experiments, which are important because they introduce into undergraduate work an entirely different method of study from that hitherto pursued. These courses are open only to graduates and to 'undergraduates of high rank or special promise,' and are intended to afford an opportunity for the special investigation of topics under the guidance of an instructor...
...ground that similar courses are given in the Law School, that are open to students in the academic department. These courses in the Law School are, however, deeper and more special than is called for by the time or disposition of general students. Reference to the Yale curriculum illustrates our point. There a course is established which covers in a broad way an exposition of the principles of every-day law. This course is deservedly popular. Why not let the Conference Committee investigate it, and recommend a similar course for Harvard...
...remodelling of the courses at Cornell has taken place. The curriculum has been enlarged and the range of studies broadened...
...elective system into the last two or two and a half years of the collegiate courses has contributed much to this result. There has been in years past much undiscriminating criticism by some ultra-conservative college officers in the East of any attempt at modifying the iron-clad curriculum. But it is noteworthy that the very colleges which have been the sources of this criticism are themselves introducing the elective system into the latter half of the course. The commendations of it, which the men have so stoutly opposed it are now forced to make in justification of the change...