Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...While we regret the Committee's premise that sufficient funds cannot now be raised to build an entirely new Activities Center, we applaud their recognition of the vital role which an auditorium and extra-curriculum facilities can play in the life of the University. We join them in hoping that a truly significant memorial can be designed within the terms of reference which they have...
There is of course outside reading in addition to the paper, but the normal curriculum includes only two seminar courses in one term. This eliminates the crude examination system of marking, puts a premium on intellectual effort and ability (both in speaking and writing), offers a maximum of intellectual stimulation and honest competition, and can give the group the close integration within which many individuals do their best work. I do not believe that the system would increase the work load of the instructors since it eliminates lectures, sections, and correcting of dull, poorly-written, illegible bluebooks. A few hours...
...introduction of the broad curriculum and the elective system at Harvard, based on the large lecture method of teaching, has had the tendency to result in a student product noted for superficial thinking and scattered knowledge useful primarily for examinations...
This brings us to the "why" of the problem and some very fundamental questions about the College's educational philosophy. In the first two hundred years of Harvard's history, the College was small, well integrated, and externally disciplined. The curriculum was narrow and solid and so was the student product. The reaction against this has reached its height in the last few decades in the wide curriculum and the elective system. It is now turning out a broad but superficial product whose principal skill is that of quick retentive memory and an ability to disgorge and forget a large...
Explaining why the School was only granted "accredited" standing this week, Dunning said that officials waited until after the first graduation last year before submitting the new curriculum to the Association. The School of Dental Medicine replaced the old Dental School, which expired...