Word: curriculum
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...better grasp of the world than the rest of us possess. But, despite the Core’s laborious overhaul, the College has yet to address a significant gap in our education. At a university renowned for producing leaders in all fields, it surprises me that the undergraduate curriculum lacks an emphasis on public speaking...
...When it comes down to it, I am not suggesting that Harvard add another requirement to its already lengthy General Education curriculum. Quite the opposite: I wish that Expos 40 was in such high demand as an elective that the College needed to offer 15 sections. It’s easy to forget that a combination of high intelligence and natural eloquence simply doesn’t equate to public-speaking prowess. And—if we forget—we just might find ourselves center stage with nothing important...
...plan. The country's public schools face many of the same challenges as U.S. schools: a largely urban school system sagging under the weight of a too-large student population (two- and three-shift schools are not uncommon), poorly paid and demoralized teachers constrained by a highly centralized curriculum, and the destruction of academic creativity under a ever-stringent testing regime. Schools are failing, both ideologically and academically...
...official title is Moral Reasoning 78, and only two other Moral Reasoning classes are being offered this fall. While this may force students to branch out, the options depend entirely on the specialties of the few professors who are still interested in teaching in the Core Curriculum...
...History of Art and Architecture 10, can display artwork discussed in the course. “Our main goals going forward are to reach out more to undergraduate community,” Manoogian says. “We hope to incorporate the museum more broadly into the undergraduate curriculum.”One way this is being achieved is through the initiative of Susanne Ebbinghaus and Stephan S. Wolohojian, who are co-teaching a freshman seminar course titled “Art, Objects, and the Museum” this spring.“We will be looking at the artworks...