Word: experimentals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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At least 14 of the 20 seniors chosen for the experiment have already found apartments.
And groups acquire dignity only through collective action. Both words, collective and action, are almost by definition anathematize to the conservative tradition. They may be incompatible, in fact, with the whole concept of individual autonomy. No one has yet proved that decentralized direct democracy and liberty are consonant. But once...
Despite the expense--and the huge initial risk--the Harvard community may have benefited from the gamble-fund as much as the individual students. First, the experiment has focused attention on aid to the student, particularly scholarship students. "Because of programs like this," Briggs says, "Harvard facilities have become geared...
Twenty second-year students at the Medical School have initiated a bold and exciting experiment in medical education. During the next semester, they will withdraw from day-to-day participation in laboratory and lecture work and will substitute a program of independent study conducted in small groups with cooperation of...
Regardless of the validity of the specific criticism -- its substance has been widely challenged -- the proposals for flexibility and independent study represent a serious and constructive experiment, which could provide valuable information to those interested in evaluating the Medical School's curriculum. The students are pledged to take examinations given...