Word: curriculum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Negro colleges, Monro said, are in the process of becoming centers of black power. He promised "redirection of the curriculum so that young people become aware of the background of institutional power in this country--and how black people can attack the problem...
...structure and internal government of departments gets slightly fuller treatment, but the Committee here is very circumspect in its recommendations. It acknowledges that the alienation of junior from senior Faculty, their "exclusion from discussions of curriculum . . . and social isolation" is "the most painful aspect of their life at Harvard...
Students are demanding the right to be heard on committees that change curriculums, shift degree requirements and grading practices. There is little doubt that they can make an immense contribution to such planning-and there is no question about the justice of their claim that many courses are, indeed, irrelevant. Harvard's law faculty is pleased with a student-initiated drive that liberalized its once-rigid curriculum, added numerous elective courses...
...even the most outspoken advocates of student power stop short of wanting to govern a university. Basically, today's undergraduate rebels hope to be taken seriously as a responsible voice in shaping their university-which means influencing basic policy decisions, securing better teachers, helping create a more meaningful curriculum, and insisting on autonomy in their personal lives. None of these requests are at all absurd...
...authorizing the groundwork for a degree-granting program in Afro-American studies last week, Dean Ford started the process of filling a shameful hole in the University's curriculum. Ford's support is crucial for any proposed academic change, and his responsiveness to the black students proposal may be a turning point in building a program for students of Afro-American culture here. And since innovations at Harvard have echoes in other parts of the country, the new program could give academic legitimacy to the study of black history and institutions, which is now neglected in almost all secondary schools...