Word: offered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Afro-American Studies, says the Afro-American perspective is worthy of special scholarly emphasis to correct historical distortions created by centuries of scholars with singularly Euro-American values. Cudjoe adds that if Afro-American Studies were not an autonomous department, it could not decide its own curriculum, nor offer tenured posts to its staff, and it would lose its unique perspective...
...College on the Charles" was almost the "College on the Beach"--in the 1630s, when the Overssers of the hypothetical institution, now known as Harvard College, were searching for a location to settle, they came close to accepting an offer of 300 ocean-bordered acres of land in Salem, Mass. Instead, they chose Newtowne, which was renamed Cambridge the year the school opened...
Further, the reforms propose that every fulltime professor teach a minimum of one tutorial per term, insuring active participation by Faculty in undergraduate education on a basic level. Finally, the legislation suggests that large departments offer special junior seminars led by Faculty members, giving students a choice of taking a more intimate tutorial with a graduate student or working with an experienced Faculty member in a larger group...
...addition to this, Bok calls for more faculty members who will specifically study the area of ethics and offer a course in it. "We need someone who really concentrates on ethics as such--only then will the discussion of ethical issues really permeate the entire school," Bok says...
...Kennedy School of Government next week may offer a newly-created assistant deanship of the Master of Public Administration Program to a student who will receive his MPA in graduation ceremonies today...