Word: penns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Through it, probably the most sweeping introspection ever undertaken by a university, Penn will discover what it is now, and what it should be in the future. When the work is finished, the Survey's planning committees will devise a schedule of priorities, and then it will be up to the Administration to find money to pay for the improvements deemed necessary...
...Penn a Pioneering College...
...early years, Penn was the most secular of American educational institutions. While other colleges were scarcely more than divinity schools, the Philadelphia institution pioneered in humanities and natural sciences. In the ensuing two centuries, however, Penn's position has changed. Now it is very much a pretrade school, while the other Ivies uphold, with varying degrees of success, education for education's own sake and a belief that the liberal arts are worthwhile ends in themselves...
...Penn is a university where the College of Arts and Science is overwhelmed by seven professional schools and 11 pre-schools, some of excellent reputation. The Engineering schools, the Medical School, the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, the School of Education, the School of Fine Arts, the School of Veterinary Medicine, the School of Social Work, the School of Auxiliary Medical Services, and the School of Nursing engulf the College and the College of Liberal Arts for women...
...Penn undergraduate is not especially concerned with his courses, nor is he generally stimulated by the light fare of one textbook, few papers, and perhaps no more than 90 pages of reading per week that seems typical. The general attitude was aptly described by Pennsylvania's President, Gaylord P. Harnwell, who said...