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This impressive ideal was implemented in a program of year-long integrated courses, which could be passed by a comprehensive examination or passed out of in initial placement tests. Members of the College faculty devoted themselves to the preparation of the syllabi for these unique courses. Hutchins planned for an...
The emphasis was obviously also on independent learning, for the student was expected to continue his education indefinitely, rediscovering the method and not the content of his courses. This was the spirit of Hutchins' "Chicago plan," at work in the university until 1954 when it was modified to allow for...
Hutchins resigned in 1950, much to the relief of many of his critics who doubted that students were really "being educated." But his departure was also regretted by many who enjoyed the spirit of independence which he had brought to the College. A humorous commentary on the controversy over Hutchins...
"It made the faculty feel inferior and lose its sense of authority. How can you teach with any confidence, when you have to put your emotions as well as your knowledge on the line every day, or otherwise three-quarters of your class will be boning up in the library...
Hutchins' ideas will not stand or fall on the comments found in The Dollar Diploma, but the postalgia felt at the passing of a revolutionary figure fills the book. The "Chicago plan" for liberal education, practiced undiluted on the university's College, had widespread effects on general education programs throughout...