Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...subcommittee proposes that a new curriculum be adopted with two major aims...
...experimental studies that school dropouts cannot be prevented in large number in the last year or two before the drop-out. The act of quitting is only the final step of a long drama of failure on the part of the school system to devise a meaningful and valuable curriculum for the student. In the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Federal Government has forged a mighty weapon in this cause. The resources it makes available to the schools which educate the children of the poor--including the potentially massive aid to the Southern schools which still educate...
...Faculty of Medicine has begun a debate which will probably lead to sweeping reforms in medical education at Harvard. In a report presented to the faculty last week, a special subcommittee has recommended the first major changes in the curriculum in over 50 years...
...thought that this admixture of required core curriculum and electives will allow all students to be nourished by that material which should be common to all recipients of the degree of Doctor of Medicine and still allow flexibility to accommodate different backgrounds, aptitudes and goals. Essential opportunities to explore in depth will also be provided...
...advantages accruing to the faculty from this admixture of required core curriculum and electives should also not be overlooked. It is hoped that this mixture will provide more than a safety valve for those members of a distinguished faculty who may suffer frustrations by their participation in a coordinated program of teaching. These same faculty willhave complete freedom of action and expression in the elective offerings they provide. Opportunity for scholarship and distinction in teaching will be fostered with the likelihood that more great teachers will develop in this system. Our present block and coordinated teaching is so geared...