Word: curriculum
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Ironically, grade fixing is a byproduct of the academy's curriculum reform and scholastic upgrading launched in 1959 to bring Annapolis up to the level of the best U.S. colleges. The number of courses was raised from 40 to 200; the proportion of civilian teachers was pushed up to 51%. In the fall of 1963, it became apparent that under toughened standards flunkouts would almost triple. Academic Dean A. Bernard Drought, who came to Annapolis from Marquette, instituted what he thought would be a temporary flunk quota to keep the midshipmen afloat...
Neustadt is currently teaching Government 254, "The President and Public Policy," and working on plans for the construction and curriculum of the Kennedy Institute, which will be a part of the Graduate School of Public Administration related to the Kennedy Library center...
Speaking for myself, I would highly approve integrating a year's or a semester's study in absence into the curriculum. I strongly urge the faculty's consideration of the CRIMSON'S perceptive proposal. Keith Hennessee...
...been unwise to schedule sabbaticals for Professors Kissinger, Hoffmann, and Bowie during the same year. What seems to be lacking is coordination between the departmental chairman and his staff. A tentative schedule of sabbaticals and leaves of absence could be drawn up to prevent gaps in the curriculum, while changes of plans could be worked out among Faculty members...