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...pioneers should tread carefully. While any standardized test—whether MCATs, SATs, or APs—risks encouraging educators to “teach to the test,” explicitly requiring that degree programs include certain material effectively forces them to do so. When done too zealously, curriculum standardization not only stifles ingenuity, but also severely limits academic freedom...
...considering concentrating in HDRB after learning more about the concentration during the Advising Fortnight kickoff. “I’ve always been interested in cell development,” he said, “And after talking to [William J. Anderson, SCRB’s undergraduate curriculum manager], I found it was a very well planned-out concentration. That got me to be more interested in it.” Helal Syed ’11, currently a Molecular and Cell Biology concentrator, said he hopes to transfer into HDRB next fall, although his plans...
...faculty will use the case findings to discuss implications for curriculum and methods of attracting students at a faculty meeting next month, according to Paul M. Healy, an HBS professor and co-chair of the task force...
...Business School reworked its curriculum after the Enron scandal to include a required, full-credit course on corporate accountability. According to Kester, current students also frequently debate ethical dilemmas in other classes...
Following the clinic session, students worked with our course director and dean of medical education to create formal rules on lecturer disclosure. The following week, the HMS Curriculum Committee created new policies requiring lecturers to disclose conflicts of interest when they are relevant to the lecture material. This process demonstrates how collaboration between faculty, students, and administration can lead to swift institutional changes...