Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHEN I came back to campus and read in my coursebook that Music 30, "Jazz History for Non-Majors," had been magically transformed into a Core Curriculum course, I was elated...
...Harvard, Gleason was also the founder of the Core Curriculum's Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (QRR), a test on basic statistical and math abilities that all undergraduates must pass by the end of their freshman year. He currently serves as the QRR's chairman and as a representative to the Core's Board of Advisers...
Over the past 30 years, the Hayden Planetarium has also supplemented the science curriculum of the Cambridge public schools, said Albert H. Giroux, director of public relations for the Cambridge school system. He said the planetarium provides free field trips for students and hosts teacher workshops. It is currently showing an exhibit of "dinosaur art" from the Cambridge elementary schools, he added...
Speaking at Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration a few years back, Bennett said that colleges and universities had to make major changes in the way they teach and spend money. He also went on to blast the Core Curriculum for being "superficial...
...order to lure minority undergraduates to academia, Harrison says that "you need a curriculum and a faculty here working in areas that minority undergraduates are likely to find exciting." And right now, he says, Harvard is not really competitive with the other professions because minority students are not getting the right signals. Minority Enrollment at Harvard...