Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...services they provide instead of using their knowledge as a point of departure for self-motivated learning. We consider knowledge to be illegitimate unless it provides the answer to a test question, wins a grant or looks good on a transcript. And faced with the weaknesses of the undergraduate curriculum, such as a flawed Core curriculum, large class sizes, inadequate mentorship and so on, we are more likely to complain about what isn't being provided for us, if we even react at all, and less likely to take things into our own hands--to experiment with finding ways...
...propose that we students establish the Cambridge New College--an organization that will be devoted to encouraging students to develop and teach their own courses and that will provide them with the resources necessary to do so. The Cambridge New College will aim at developing a diverse curriculum, including courses in ethnic studies, music, political theory, economics, religion, history, community relations, ecology and whatever else students are interested in teaching and learning together. It will also provide a space in which students can experiment with methods of learning and fields of inquiry...
...Cambridge New College will meet in the Dunster JCR from 8-10 p.m. this Sunday night, where we will begin planning a fall curriculum. All students who are excited by the idea of teaching and who are ready to take ownership of their Harvard academic experience are welcome...
...medical school curriculum...has to be further strengthened," he said. "An important area will be to try to recruit scientists and educators...
...cannot but be pleased by the fact, for instance, that more than 90 percent of the courses in the Core curriculum are taught by senior faculty," he said...