Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...staff position fails to take into account a number of factors which make lotteries an inevitable part of the Core Curriculum, and glosses over the simplest solution. The proposed plan, increasing the number of courses offered, would not solve any problems; some classes will always be overly popular due to student preferences and word-of-mouth, regardless of the amount of offerings...
...defect" to more lucrative or less demanding jobs. But the traffic is not just one way. A growing number of professionals are turning to teaching in midcareer, taking pay cuts and accepting sacrifices in order to pursue their late-found vocation. Says John Kean, chairman of the department of curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: "They are coming into education in droves...
...devoting time and effort to the development of new Cores which students will find truly interesting, along with constant review and even elimination of less popular Core courses, the directors of the Core Curriculum can achieve a more evenly balanced program that will fulfill its original purpose: to give Harvard students valuable and interesting exposure to the major areas of study outside their fields of concentration...
...would be useful to incorporate discussionsof AWARE [into the curriculum]," saidHernandez-Gravelle. But she said individualprofessors should decide how to address the topic...
...faulty reasoning taking place here becomes evident after scanning a small red pamphlet entitled, "Introduction to the Core Curriculum: A Guide for Freshmen." In particular, the guide states that "by design Core courses are different from those offered by the departments" and that "in choosing Core courses you should, at an early date, take courses in one or more of the subdivisions [of the Core] that seem most remote from your present interests...