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...percent increase in applicants from the Midwest boosted this year’s total numbers, as 788 students from the nation??s heartland applied, compared to last year?...
Leadership, perhaps. Curricular models, not so much. While Harvard may lead the nation??s colleges in prestige, few look at its current Core program with anything resembling envy. Columbia University’s rigid “Great Books” system and Brown University’s complete absence of Core requirements are the two curricular extremes of the Ivy clique. Harvard’s Core program stands right in the middle, with a curriculum that’s more than a distribution requirement and yet not quite the shining beacon of liberal arts education that...
However, even if they spent their undergraduate years at Harvard or are dedicated to learning all about it, proctors rarely share the academic leanings of their advisees. At many of the nation??s other top universities, academic advisers are assigned to first-years based on their intended majors—not so at Harvard. Most students are advised by their proctors and even those with non-resident advisers are often matched for non-academic reasons...
...individual departments coordinate advising. Chip Chapman ’04, a political science major at Duke University, finds this type of system makes communication difficult. “There is a lot of information and help out there, but getting it is the problem.” The nation??s universities are listening to such complaints, according to Dingman. “There is an extraordinary volume of interest at other schools to build bridges between residential and academic advising,” he says. “College officials visit Harvard and want to know...
...heavyweights, Rechul came within one round of earning All-American status last year, and looks to continue moving up as one of the nation??s top wrestlers. Rechul was named Most Outstanding Wrestler at the 2001 EIWA Championships. He earned second place and the most pins in the tournament with four at East Stroudsburg...