Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...project comes in the midst of a national education effort to establish "writing across the curriculum." A similar program is in operation at Yale, said Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education David Pilbeam, who oversees the Harvard program. Pilbeam's office awarded the program a start-up grant because "writing is one important facet of the training of analytical skills," he said...
SANDERS Theater. Originally, it was built as a memorial to the brave sons of Harvard who gave their lives in the World Wars. Unfortunately, of late, it has come to represent something far more trivial: the Core Curriculum. No longer a haven for heroes, it is now home to "Ec 10," "Justice," "Jesus and the Moral Life," and the newest addition, "Cultural Revolution...
...CURRICULUM...
...certainly encountered a great many lively, curious and enthusiastic students. They seem to be aware of the remarkable educational opportunity being offered them. Yet we had the uncomfortable feeling, based on discussions with faculty, tutors, counsellors and students themselves, that too many are missing the full richness of curriculum and instruction Harvard offers. Those who do not excel are of particular concern. In making this comment, we recognize that there is a certain inevitability here, that not all students can be expected to perform at their peak all of the time, and that personal circumstances are bound to prevent...
Members of the Faculty have obvious reponsibilities for instruction though they may set their own priorities for scholarly and creative work. And the academic units to which they belong must call on them constantly to be concerned with the curriculum of the department or program, with staffing matters and with student advising. They are demanding and time-consuming activities. Yet there is another entity, "the Faculty," which also needs and deserves the collective attention and individual commitment of its members...