Word: formalization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...faculty committee made the formal revisions in the rulebook "Regulations for Undergraduate Organizations in Harvard College," changing the wording to include provisions for Radcliffe membership. There still must be at least ten Harvard members of a group seeking recognition as an approved undergraduate organization. Dean Brown and Dean Watson expect that some clubs will continue separately in the two colleges. The new rules, however, allow Harvard clubs to admit Radcliffe students...
...basic assumption is that men are best educated when prodded with examinations. Only a very few students are credited with the ability to learn for the sake of the material, and it is assumed that they will learn no matter what sort of formal curriculum may stand in their...
...abolished brings a fear that a sizeable portion of the College will be further deprived of one of the most valuable parts of a Harvard education. Considering that tutorial was originally instituted for virtually all undergraduates, and that at one time it was predicted that tutorial would soon replace formal courses, such a proposal is a dismal illustration of the decline of tutorial...
Many members of the Faculty are reported to favor "a lot more formal recognition" of the Tutorial system, possibly by giving more weight to tutors' reports in selecting Honors candidates. It has also been proposed that Departments be permited to consider factors other than grades in recommeding Honors degrees...
...looks as if he might still be an undergraduate. He studied in various southern Chinese universities, but got no formal degrees. In 1946 he went to the University of Chicago on a Chinese government fellowship. He lived in International House with Dr. Yang, got his doctorate in 1950. A full professor of physics at Columbia University, Dr. Lee is now on leave to work at Princeton with Yang...