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...Harvard current curriculum unquestionably succeeds at producing a cadre of indolent intellectuals each year, nursed on the bile of postmodern theory and trendy academic prejudices. But, unsurprisingly, it neglects perhaps the most important consideration in graduating socially-responsible and decent human beings: character. A traditional education, focused on the classics and the “great books,” could reasonably argue to have tended to the souls, as well as the minds, of its pupils. The study of the noble deeds of the great men of history can elevate the soul, and provide, in rough sketches, an exemplary...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: A Gentleman’s Education | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

...grading system and curriculum allow a level of flexibility and freedom that is unparalleled," reads the testimony of one Yale student on the school's Web site. "Yale allows you to make your education truly yours without worrying about grade competition...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Harvard Law School Adopts Pass-Fail Grading System | 9/26/2008 | See Source »

...ACT’s predictive values of college performance lag behind both high school GPA and standardized curriculum tests, according to Fitzsimmons...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SAT May Someday Be Optional, Dean Says | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

...said another possibility may be to “develop broader-based, curriculum-based tests” to serve as better predictors of college success...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SAT May Someday Be Optional, Dean Says | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

...announced Monday. The three advisory boards—for the arts and humanities, the sciences, and the social sciences—will meet with their corresponding divisional deans for lunch two to three times per semester starting this fall. They will discuss issues like advising, curriculum, senior theses, and tutorials. Stephen Kosslyn, a psychology professor and the dean of social science, said he approached the Undergraduate Council about creating advisory boards this summer because he wanted more student input. “There’s no substitute for talking to students who are actually taking the classes, actually living...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC, FAS Create Three Student Advisory Boards | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

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