Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same time, he has overhauled the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program at the business school, changing its calendar and adding new elements to its curriculum...
...showpiece of the new curriculum is the "Foundations Program," three courses given to first-year students designed to give them a broader introduction to the world of business while providing them with the quantitative methods they will use over the course of their time...
...while these departments are embracing all comers, offerings in the Core Curriculum seem smaller than they have ever been. As a result, Core classes may seem larger than they have ever been. While Foreign Cultures is offering seven courses, Moral Reasoning is putting forth a measly two--and only one more in the spring. Most of the Cores in between offer anywhere from four to six classes this semester...
Shavell admitted to a bit of naivete with respect to the College curriculum. His reference to Ec 10 drew chuckles from students, and he lamented how strictly the Faculty of Arts and Sciences complies with anti-photocopying copy-right laws...
...what is the endless rhapsody about diversity, but really a perverse assertion of our individual incompleteness, ignorance and mutual dependence? The ideal of diversity hates homogeneity and loves heterogeneity, and so disdains the one or the few in order to embrace the many. The diverse university and the diverse curriculum are therefore democratic. But liberal education is anti-democratic, shunning what is vulgar and variegated in order to perfect the few best souls through intense study of the few great books. This presents the problem we must be true-hearted enough to face...