Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dean's appearance at Yale--a news-worthyevent in itself, because McArthur rarely speaksin public--was all the more unusual because of thenature of the event. Here was arguably the mostpowerful leader in business education--a pioneerof the case study method--inviting M.B.A. studentsat a top competitor to critique Harvard's program...
Sources familiar with the proposal said it includes plans for a significant restructuring of the first-year curriculum, a shift from a two-semester calendar to a trimester-based system, and a decreased emphasis on the school's trademark case-study method of instruction...
...addition, the proposal suggests a reducedemphasis on the case-based method of instructionin favor of more project-based teaching...
McArthur's appearance at Yale--unusual both because of the nature of his defense of Harvard's practices and because it was Harvard that pioneered the case study method of teaching--came just three months after aBusiness Week magazine cover story delivered ascathing attack on the Business School...
...Business Week story alleged that Harvard,the nation's premier school of businessadministration, is "losing ground" partly becausethe case study method is outdated and ineffective.The story quoted several Business School studentsand alumni--most anonymously--as saying that theyare unhappy with the way the school operates...