Word: curriculums
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...community service to prompt students to draw from a volunteer experience for a deeper understanding of the subject matter being studied, according to Lisa M. Boes, a research officer for the Bok Center. Boes said these classes shouldn’t be seen as a watering down of the curriculum, since the service component is only a part of the syllabus. “The goal is to bring courses to life by relating them to the real world. It is NOT credit for service, but rather taking advantage of the dedication of students to activities such as public service...
...three and a half years as dean, Kagan has worked with the law faculty to pass historic revisions to the school’s first-year law curriculum, and won the hearts of students with initiatives like free coffee and an ice skating rink...
When Kagan became the dean of the Law School in 2003—just two years after becoming a tenured professor—she took the helm of a school whose divisive ideological battles had largely been put to rest, but where many felt the curriculum had atrophied and a number of fresh faculty appointments were needed to replace a graying faculty...
...Kagan worked to expand the faculty, she also tapped Smith Professor of Law Martha L. Minow and a committee of professors to renew the Law School’s century-old first-year curriculum. Kagan often hosted informal dinner meetings at her home to discuss the curricular proposals...
...inquiry are among the University’s most critical priorities for the preservation of its global academic prominence and the fulfillment of its effort to serve society. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard’s academic heart, continues to grapple with fundamental questions of pedagogy and curriculum. Despite some progress, undergraduate education and life remain at the periphery of the University’s agenda. The solutions that the next president brings to these challenges will exert a profound impact on the future of Harvard for generations to come...