Word: curriculums
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English Professor Louis Menand recalled feeling thrilled when the Harvard Faculty finally approved the new curriculum at the last Faculty meeting of the 2006-2007 academic year. Menand, who helped author the Report of the Task Force on General Education, said that almost the entire room—168 professors, to be exact—raised their hands as the Secretary of the Faculty counted the votes. At that meeting, the Faculty moved to eliminate the nearly 30-year-old Core program and implement the new Gen Ed curriculum over a period of two years...
...Harris had a significant stake in the trajectory of General Education. The Gen Ed committee is responsible for soliciting and approving prosposals for new courses and departmental alternatives. And, as chair of the committee, Harris was charged with translating the ideals of the final report into a workable curriculum...
...editorial page tomorrow in mid-April will be former Crimson columnist Ross Gregory Douthat '02, who at 29 is set to be the youngest columnist for the Grey Lady "ever"--filling in after Bill Kristol '73's illustrious yearlong tenure. Details on his extensive views on Harvard's curriculum after the jump...
...their districts. Some schools help knock 20% to 30% off students' fees by offering use of their classrooms at no charge to the test prep company. Other districts pick up the entire tab of the Princeton Review program, offering it to students as part of their regular curriculum...
...past few decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in comic books, from childhood escapism to serious art, a development noted by fans and scholars alike. Though some professors have introduced the medium in the classroom, the graphic novel has still not been fully integrated into the Harvard curriculum. FROM PAGE TO SCREENAs the quality of comic books has improved, there has been a proliferation of film adaptations, the most recent of which is “Watchmen.” Many of these films have been box office hits, with movies such as “The Dark Knight?...