Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...October 10, 1986 speech in Sanders Theater during Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration, Secretary of Education William Bennett labelled the Core Curriculum a "smorgasbord." He advocated a more structured plan which would steep undergraduates in numerous courses covering "The classical and Jewish-Christian heritage, the roots of American and European History...and the great works of Western art and literature...
...athletic trainer used to be sort of a mystic figure who learned training from someone," says B.J. Baker, trainer for the Harvard mens' soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams. Now the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) has established a curriculum for trainers, and most universities--including Harvard--require their trainers to complete the NATA program...
...earn NATA certificates, Harvard trainers, who work in Dillon Field House, must complete an undergraduate curriculum in physical education or sports medicine, spend 1200 hours under a trainer gaining clinical experience and pass a certification exam. In addition, the trainers must accumulate six continuing education units during every three-year period, by going to lectures at conventions sponsored by national trainers associations...
...Diversify the curriculum to reflect the experience of people of color and women," especially in first-year courses. Vorenberg's Reply...
Several speakers said that the current lack of minority faculty prevents thorough coverage of certain topics in the curriculum. "It's sad that every class in every section has to borrow [Randall] Kennedy, [Charles] Ogletree, [Derrick] Bell, or [David] Wilkins" in order to teach discrimination law, Ogletree said, naming four of the school's five Black law professors...